by Kenneth Woods | Sep 15, 2009 | Mahler, Music and Media, News and Reviews, Performing Life
Robin Rilette, Music Director of Northwest Public Radio, has been a very busy person this summer. One by one, she’s tracked down almost every conductor of every orchestra in the region, and has been getting to know them and their bands. Her series, “A Season of...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 12, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
One piece on my desk this month is Brahms’ Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor. I fell in love with the piece as a young teenager when my parents bought an LP of Krystian Zimerman’s recording with the Vienna Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein. The purchase of the record...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 9, 2009 | A view from the podium
Well, well, well…. Another day, another wonderful piece recorded. This afternoon we wrapped this week’s sessions with a final performance of the Gál Concertino for Violin and Strings. I’ll see the band in 2 weeks when we record the third item on the disc, the...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 8, 2009 | A view from the podium
Score marking was a popular topic at the 2009 Rose City International Conductor’s Workshop, although there were more questions than answers. With that in mind, I thought it would be interesting to see how the king did it. Over at the NY Phil website, you can see...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 8, 2009 | A view from the podium
Day two of the Gál recording project is done, as is our recording of the Violin Concerto. I still find it hard to believe that a work of this stature has sat almost un-played (there were no performances at all between the premiere in 1932 and 2004!!!!!) and ...
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