by Kenneth Woods | May 6, 2009 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I’m feeling almost too busy to think this week, but I really, really wanted to share a few final thoughts on Shostakovich, Barshai and the op83a Chamber Symphony we performed in Guildford on Saturday. I’m generally very open to arrangements and transcriptions, as were...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 20, 2008 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
On my desk today is Schumann’s 2nd Symphony. If you had assembled a panel of experts, including every major composer from 1825 to 1899, at the end of the 19th century to pick the most important symphony after Beethoven, Schumann 2 would probably have been the one,...
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