by Kenneth Woods | Jan 9, 2010 | A view from the podium
* When conductors (particularly guest conductors) ask for specific things to be put into the parts, they should have the good manners to do so well in advance of the first rehearsal. And that doesn’t mean two weeks, it means THREE MONTHS OR MORE. In most major...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 6, 2010 | Mahler, Nuts and bolts
I had an email from a very gifted composer friend the other day which seemed fodder for a blog post…… Hey Ken, I recently turned on some Korean and Japanese composers to western dramatic music, and directed them specifically to Mahler. Interestingly, I told them to...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 6, 2010 | Repertoire Reports
Well- it turns out that these days, even the king has a website. My associate and I just had a look around www.bernardhaitink.com and were able to assemble a 2009 repertoire report for the planet’s greatest living conductor. It’s very much the list you would...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 3, 2010 | Repertoire Reports
My friend and colleague Christopher Zimmerman, newly appointed music director of the Fairfax Symphony and my colleague for the last five years on the faculty of the Rose City Conductor’s Workshop has weighed in with some interesting repertoire lists and thoughts about...
Recent Comments