by Kenneth Woods | Feb 3, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Performing Life
Disclaimer- It is the middle of the night, the author is extremely tired and has had a couple of post rehearsal beers….. Nonetheless… I want to try to capture my state of mind after this evening’s rehearsal. Sometime this weekend, prompted by Suzanne, I...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2007 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
It’s probably no coincidence that the two most popular composers of the 20th Century, Shostakovich and Mahler, are also the two whose autobiographies are most intimately associated with their work. However, although their musical work may have been shaped in part by...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Any regular reader of this blog will have realized that I, like many people, like the music of Gustav Mahler. A lot…. It has occurred to me this week, however, that I could make the perverse case that, much as I am totally thrilled to be doing Das Lied von der...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 1, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, News and Reviews
This is just a quick reminder to any readers in the Pacific Northwest this weekend that the Rose City Chamber Orchestra will be performing Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in the Schoenberg reduction on Saturday, Feb 3 at 7 PM at the Colonial Heights Presbyterian...
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