by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2016 | News and Reviews
For the second year in a row, the English Symphony Orchestra and Artistic Director Kenneth Woods have received the Classical Music Magazine Premiere of the Year nod for the Midlands. Following on the 2015 selection of the premiere of Donald Fraser’s orchestration of...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 10, 2015 | News and Reviews
From the December-February issue of Classical Music Magazine, Christopher Morley picks the ESO’s performance of Donald Fraser’s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet as his Premiere of the Year. Congrats to all the wonderful composers and ensembles mentioned in...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 1, 2011 | News and Reviews, Performing Life
There is a nice interview with recordings editor Phil Sommerich in the current (July 2, 2011) issue of Classical Music Magazine. We talked about Schumann as humorist, a facet of his music often overlooked, and the joys of playing his music with a virtuoso chamber...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 30, 2011 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, News and Reviews
There is a very nice piece in the current issue of Classical Music magazine on music of Hans Gal and our current efforts to get his music on disc. Click on the scan below to see a full sized (and easier to read) version. Regular Vftp readers will know that the first...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 30, 2010 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
From Classical Music Magazine, 31 July 2010 RECORDING OF THE FORTNIGHT Gal: Violin Concerto and Concertino, Triptych for Orchestra Annette-Barbara Vogel, Northern Sinfonia/Kenneth Woods Avie 2146 Add to the rhapsodic glow of Strauss or Korngold flecks of virtuosic...
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