by Kenneth Woods | Nov 6, 2007 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Here’s a short excerpt of last week’s performance by the Rose City Chamber Orchestra of Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” quartet as arranged by Mahler and me. Without changing a single note of the work, Mahler’s version makes...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 5, 2007 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Guest Review for Surrey Advertiser Surrey Mozart Players (SMP) at Holy Trinity Church on Saturday 6 October 2007 Attending a concert by the SMP for the first time on 6th October I was most impressed by their performance under their conductor, Kenneth Woods; high...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 5, 2007 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Haydn, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
12 Tone music is dead. Yeah, right…. Given the fact that the stats, email and the comment page tell me that my rather arcane post on tonality from Saturday is one of the most read and discussed posts I’ve ever done here, I would say that this music still has almost...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 3, 2007 | A view from the podium
UPCOMING CONCERT Kenneth Woods, cello Sheila Zilar, piano SYMPHONY Chamber Series Pendleton Arts Center Friday, November 9, 2007 7:30 Sergei Prokofiev- Sonata in C Major for Cello and Piano Dmitri Shostakovich- Sonata in D minor for Cello and Piano Sergei...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 3, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
12-tone music is popping up all over the blogosphere lately, or, that is, discussions about it- how all those empty halls for performances of Beethoven symphonies were actually caused by Milton Babbitt and about how so much insipid monotonal neo-pasctichio music is...
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