by Kenneth Woods | Mar 21, 2006 | Explore the Score, Mahler, Mahler 2 Notes
The great scene of the end of the world plays out as a march, mostly in F minor. Four flats in the key signature, far from the purity of the C major peroration that preceded it. The final scream Mahler describes is a masterstroke- we’ve been expecting him to...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 18, 2006 | Mahler
One of the interesting aspects of this particular project is that for most of the Pendleton, Oregon audience, Mahler is completely unknown music. It’s a rare privilege for a conductor to be able to introduce this music, now so widely loved and accepted, to a new...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 13, 2006 | Music and Media
Analyzing the decline of classical music has become a full-time job for many (and a lucrative one for some). It’s almost assumed that any newspaper piece on classical music will have some reference to “declining audiences” or “aging...
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