by Kenneth Woods | Jun 20, 2008 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
On my desk today is Schumann’s 2nd Symphony. If you had assembled a panel of experts, including every major composer from 1825 to 1899, at the end of the 19th century to pick the most important symphony after Beethoven, Schumann 2 would probably have been the one,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 18, 2008 | A view from the podium
In the comments to my post on piano tuning, CB’s comment to the effect of– Have you ever actually tried to tune a piano? I think that would change your mind a bit – if you dont go mad. I spent a great deal of time in HS screwing around on Church pianos...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 16, 2008 | A view from the podium
My recent posts on KZ and Franz Mohr have left me wanting to follow up with some of my own, rather inexpert, opinions on piano tuning. This may sound like an outrageous sacrilege, but I really struggle with the intonation of pianos, and I find myself very much at odds...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 16, 2008 | A view from the podium
Classical Source, the online magazine of classical reviews and features, has an extensive audio interview with the Mahler scholar Henry-Louis de la Grange on their website here. The final volume of his epic Mahler biography (the new volume for is over 1500 pages) has...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 13, 2008 | A view from the podium
While doing the dishes today, I overheard a report on the BBC about this weekend’s four day strike by truck drivers for Shell. I know it is bad form to pit the interests of unions against each other, but my ears did pick up when I heard that the base salary for the...
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