by Kenneth Woods | Dec 14, 2008 | A view from the podium
Well, I’m finding myself a bit surprised that I can finally say that the first half of my 2008-9 concert year is over, and that my musical 2008 (barring any last-minute calls) is done. I’ll miss doing the Messiah this year, but I’m glad to be finished. It’s been a...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 11, 2008 | A view from the podium
Today, we turn to another question from the mailbag, from our friend Bob in New Jersey- a very fine amateur violinist I know from around and about. He writes- Hi Ken. I enjoy reading your blog. The bit about “transference” and first rehearsals caught my attention....
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 11, 2008 | A view from the podium
From the Herefored Times- Champagne and cake in the interval turned the Hereford String Orchestra’s fiftieth anniversary concert in Shire Hall last month into a full-blown party. The orchestra’s sizeable string forces were augmented for the occasion by a full...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 9, 2008 | A view from the podium
The sad tale of Rachmaninov’s First Symphony is one most music lovers are familiar with through program notes for his infinitely more popular Second Piano Concerto. The story is simple- the young Rachmaninoff was so devastated by the failure of his first symphony,...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 9, 2008 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
UPCOMING CONCERT Wrexham Symphony Orchestra “Russian Nights” 7:30 PM Saturday 13th December 2008, NEWI William Aston Hall Conductor: Kenneth Woods Mussorgsky: Night on a Bare Mountain Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Rachmaninov: Symphony No.1 From the WSO Website-...
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