by Kenneth Woods | Jan 17, 2009 | A view from the podium
Much as I dislike it whenever someone comes up with something that is significantly wittier than anything I’ve written in a long time, I have to admit, this post from Sequenza 21 had me howling. What would Alma Mahler have gotten up to in the age of Twitter? @alma...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 16, 2009 | A view from the podium
I’ve had a number of questions in the olde mailbag the last few weeks. I’m sorry to keep you waiting, but I do love hearing from you, so please keep them coming. Today, “G” asks- Hi Ken, I hope you don’t mind a question from an amateur and (even worse) a choir...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 15, 2009 | A view from the podium
There’s a great piece in the New York Times today about Charles Schulz’s use of the music of Beethoven in the Peanut’s comics. Schroeder plays the Hammerklavier (Photo: Peanuts/United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) In the world of “Peanuts,” of course, Schroeder was the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 13, 2009 | A view from the podium
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’m spending a lot of time with Mahler 5 these days- I’m doing it on the March1 OES concert, which will be the finale of our Redneck Mahler adventure, and then again in the summer at Harlech. Happily, I’ve managed to keep a fairly...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 13, 2009 | A view from the podium
I’m often struck by how the threads of my life seem to come together in funny and surprising ways. In the midst of getting up to speed on the coming run of concerts, I’ve also had to do a fair bit of planning and preparation for my final three concerts with the Oregon...
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