by Kenneth Woods | Jul 22, 2007 | A view from the podium
The definite visual highlight of Das Rheingold is not the hydraulically-operated world tree, not the transformers-robots-in-disguise giants nor is it the Oakley sunglasses on Wotan. It’s the stuffed frog they throw in the air when Alberich changes shapes. In such a...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 22, 2007 | A view from the podium
Das Rheingold begins…A gang of happily insane musicians today embark upon a quest to view all of Wagner’s Ring on DVD in one day. We’ve procured a projector and our hosts have been baking bread since 3 AM. We’ve got fruit, coffee, juice, junk food, veggies. Episode...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 20, 2007 | A view from the podium
So, you come up for air and…… Alan Gilbert has been appointed Music Director of the New York Freaking Philharmonic. I’ve played for Alan and assisted him at the Cincinnati Symphony, and, most importantly, he seemed to dig my conducting at Aspen some years...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 20, 2007 | A view from the podium
My apologies to readers who have been patiently waiting for some new posts here. I’m in the midst of the Oregon East Symphony’s annual summer music camp, which has proved particularly all-consuming this year. The camp draws students from all over the Northwest, but...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 14, 2007 | A view from the podium
UW VIOLINIST MANOOGIAN DIES AT 71 By Jacob Stockinger The Capital Times Virtuoso violinist and longtime University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Vartan Manoogian died Thursday in Spain. He was 71. Manoogian was also the director of the annual Madeleine Island...
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