by Kenneth Woods | Aug 17, 2007 | A view from the podium
There is one less giant among us today with the passing of the great jazz drummer Max Roach. He was a virtuoso in the best sense of the word, but also a poet- no drummer ever had a sweeter touch or a more effortless sense of swing. Jazz fans like to talk about how...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 15, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
The best art show I went to last year was the exhibit “Underground Surrealism” at the Hayward Gallery on London’s South Bank. Check out the view I had last year here. Assembled and currated with care and insight it was a show that was more than merely a collection of...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 8, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
It was intermission of a garden concert for a local charity- we’d just finished the Dohnanyi Serenade for String Trio and were milling about the lawn while the punters downed their pinot noir and brie. He was easy to pick out even in a crowd. On a very casual...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 7, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
At the end of the Rose City Workshop, I was presented with a list of the quotes of the week, most of which were mine, although a few were from Chris (marked as CZ in this list). David, being the wisest and most mature of us managed to stay off this list, which is...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 6, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
From the “I know I live in a glass house” file… A recently released recording of Mahler’s Second Symphony apparently comes with some rather provacative liner notes from the conductor, which have been widely quoted in the reviews. The quotes alone were enough to...
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