by Kenneth Woods | Jun 21, 2011 | Nuts and bolts
Conductor Christopher Zimmerman is Music Director of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra. In 1993, he and I were both newly arrived on the campus of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music: Chris as the conductor of the Concert Orchestra, me as a new...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 20, 2011 | A view from the podium
Part II of my look at the ins and outs of conducting Brahms 1. Part I is here. You can follow along on a pdf of the score here. There are whole books written about tempo relationships in Brahms. Many conductors drive themselves to drink trying to make the 8th...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 19, 2011 | Nuts and bolts
Vftp readers will know that Brahms’ First Symphony has been much on my mind the last few weeks. With our final performance behind us, now, I thought it might be fun to just go through the piece on a very simple, nuts and bolts level and explain some of my current...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 12, 2011 | A view from the podium
It’s Brahms 1 week here at Vftp, and to bring in some fresh perspective, I thought I would get some thoughts on the work from another Brahmsian, my friend, the American conductor, Jonathan Pasternack. Jonathan and I met when we were both based in Oregon- he as...
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