by Kenneth Woods | Jan 13, 2009 | A view from the podium
There’s some good stuff out there on the ol’ internet to read this week. First, Dick Cavett has a nice piece on the forgotten art of the insult, that is, the forgotten art of the clever insult. I haven’t ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 10, 2009 | A view from the podium
It sounds a bit absurd to express surprise at the death of an 83 year-old man, but I was genuinely surprised to learn of the death of the cellist of the great Borodin Quartet, Valentin Berlinsky, who died a few weeks ago. After 62 years in the quartet, I’d...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 8, 2009 | A view from the podium
I have an alarming number of pieces to learn this week (I have first rehearsals for three big-ish programs in a 4 day period), alongside completion of my UK taxes (argh- I get to do taxes twice a year….), so blog posts may be scarce for a while. Among the works on my...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 6, 2009 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Hi everyone I’ve just been made aware of this- the last recorded interview with Richard Hickox, available as a podcast on the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra website. Click here to listen, or right click and select “save target as” to download to your computer....
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