by Kenneth Woods | Aug 18, 2006 | A view from the podium, Haydn
I’d say that admiration for Haydn’s music is a pretty good measure of anyone’s musicianship, taste, maturity, imagination, humility, education, wisdom, sense of humor, appreciation for craft and understanding of human...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 11, 2006 | A view from the podium
From the archives- Written for O-list in 2004 for a discussion about music director salaries. The debate was sparked by a NY Times piece on top music director salaries (everyone else was in agreement that they were overpaid), and I decided to take the devil’s advocate...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 10, 2006 | A view from the podium
Contrary to popular perception, I believe that relevance is one of the great strengths of classical music. At it’s best, music can reflect human experience at it’s most personal, most historic, most universal, most tragic and most humorous. Because it is unhampered by...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 9, 2006 | A view from the podium
I want to thank A.C. Douglas, host of the always-readable blog Sounds and Fury for adding me to his blogroll this week. Mr. Douglas has a particular interest and expertise in the music of Wagner, and his post today does have a Wagner angle, but it’s most interesting...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 5, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
I seem to have a habit of referring to some conductors as Zen masters, and a friend recently asked what the hell I mean by this. First, though a disclaimer- I would never begin to claim any particular philosophical experitise or deep understanding of the true tenants...
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