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by Kenneth Woods | Dec 7, 2019 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Performing Life, Satire
NB – I have become aware in recent years of a special category of internet pedants who have made it their job in life to police the completeness and formality of the title of the work being discussed in the following post. Out of concern for their...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 19, 2013 | Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
It’s that time of year again, when musicians all around the world are taking another stab at Handel’s Messiah. For me, it means coming back to a piece I’ve done many times after a long-ish break. I didn’t always love Messiah. In fact, when I first encountered...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 17, 2007 | A view from the podium, Lists, Nuts and bolts
William from Phoenix emailed the following over the weekend- “Dear Maestro Woods- I’m a regular VftP reader and young conductor about to do my own first Messiah at my church this coming week. I read your posts about the piece, but was hoping you might write a...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 14, 2007 | A view from the podium
I thought I would take a minute to follow up on my Bath Philharmonia Messiah, since I had previously mentioned my preparations for it. Of course, all my musician friends and readers are probably well sick of Messiah, since just about everyone I know has played, sung...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 30, 2007 | A view from the podium
One of the many scores on my desk this week is Handel’s Messiah, which I suppose is no surprise to anyone given the time of year. Actually, it has been a few years since I last conducted Messiah. The last time I did it was one of those rather rare occasions when one...
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