by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
I have to say that, exhausted as I was coming to rehearsal from Heathrow after my flight back from Boston, I could hardly hide my glee as the SMP and I read the first movement of Schumann 4 on Monday night. It went so well, I almost complimented them, but that’s bad...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 9, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Surrey Mozart Players Saturday, June 13 2009 Holy Trinity Church Guildford Beethoven- Leonore Overture no. 2 Ginasterra- Harp Concerto Victoria Davies, harp Schumann- Symphony no. 4 in D minor (final version) What can I say- citizens of Guildford, get off your butts...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 7, 2009 | A future for music, A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
It is a fact of life that most organizations think of programming largely in terms of marketing. While almost all musical organizations have some desire to do interesting things, there is always a certain amount of pressure to focus on “getting an audience,” which...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 5, 2009 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Well, I’m on my way back to Philly after a busy two days in New York with Ensemble Epomeo. We enjoyed our chat with Carl at WKCR- it was fun but challenging in the studio. They have a larger space for recording ensembles, but had we been in there, it would have been...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 2, 2009 | A view from the podium
The concept is an ancient one- even in the Ice Age, bear pelt wearing maestri who conducted with mammoth teeth were instructed to talk little, stop rarely and let the other cave men play their saber tooth flutes in rehearsal. However, it was my friend, bassoonist...
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