by Kenneth Woods | Jun 30, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Exhausting work this morning on Shostakovich Quintet and Faure Piano Quartet. The Shostakovich is getting better and better, and we’re certainly getting more unified in our approach, but it is unforgivingly difficult and very hard to pull off musically. I...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 30, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Not much to report today. We had a really positive and exciting rehearsal on the Dvorak Piano Quintet this morming. The textures are getting clearer and the shape of the whole work is starting to come through. Such fun to play, especially when we don’t wallow in...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 30, 2006 | A view from the podium
This is from Alex Ross’s blog “The Rest is Noise.” Can America really call itself a civilized or learned society anymore? The new issue of the Finnish Music Quarterly reveals that the Finnish government is spending 359.5 million euros on the arts...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 29, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Second day of hard work in beautiful Durango. Spent most of my morning getting used to a cello that is very different from mine. It only takes minutes to figure out what one needs to do differently on a new instrument. Less bow pressure or contact point generally...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 28, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Just completed my first day at the Clocktower Chamber Music Festival in Durango, Colorado. The festival is the brainchild of violinist Mikayla Myers McTeer and pianist Lisa Campi. Lisa is a dear friend and one of my oldest and closest musical associates. We’ve...
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