by Kenneth Woods | Jun 8, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
Klangfarbenmelodie, or “tone colour melody” is one of those 2 dollar words we all learned in undergraduate music history class. Simply described, in Klangfarbenmelodie, a single melodic line jumps from instrument to instrument, creating a more-or-less constantly...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 17, 2011 | Nuts and bolts
Usually, studying the score of a great work is like a revelation, even when you know the piece well as a player or listener. However cool you thought the piece was before you opened the score, you can’t help but be amazed and astounded by what you discover when...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 28, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
First, let me say hello to the many new readers who have found their way here from the BBC after my chat (which you can hear here) with Nicholas Kenyon on yesterday’s Today programme. In that very brief segment, we managed to touch on a few topics very dear to my...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 12, 2008 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
It is long past time that I write a bit about music, and at the risk of boring you to tears, I thought it might be interesting to talk a bit about the private and arcane world of score study. In expectation of Sam’s arrival, I managed to keep about a month free of...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 3, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Nuts and bolts
What then of someone like Furtwangler, who’s Beethoven tempi tend to be quite uninhibited by the metronome? Many leading modern Beethoven interpreters and commentators, including John Elliot Gardiner, Gunther Schuller and Benjamin Zander have all held up Furtwangler’s...
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