by Kenneth Woods | Apr 10, 2017 | A view from the podium
John Joubert- Jane Eyre: An opera in two acts £22.00 Where does an opera really take place? Why, on the stage, I hear you say. Of course, that’s true, but not quite the truth. Der Rosenkavalier and The Magic Flute might take place on the same stage in the same...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 28, 2017 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
John Joubert’s musical language is original yet familiar, subtle yet direct. Firmly rooted in tonality, his harmonic vocabulary is highly sophisticated and personal, and he seems to have a particular knack for energising traditional harmonies through clashes,...
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 | Sep 28, 2011 | Mahler, News and Reviews
There is a review from critic David Patmore in the current issue of Classical Recordings Quarterly of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Das Lied von der Erde on Somm Recordings. The complete review is...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 28, 2011 | News and Reviews
Just published at Musicweb-International is a new review by critic Guy Aron of our new recording with Orchestra of the Swan of chamber versions of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen on Somm. It’s quite an extensive review with a...
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