by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2010 | Nuts and bolts
No matter how well you know a piece, there is always the chance that one day, you will discover something that makes you re-think the entire work. Such a thing happened a few years back when I stumbled across this little bit of old radio with George Szell and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2010 | News and Reviews
Monday, June 14, 2010 The Stradivari Trust presents a charity concert in support of Motor Neurone Disease research. Chamber works including the Mendelssoh Octet and Trout Quintet and string orchestra selections including Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2010 | cello, Nuts and bolts
It’s Bobby Schumann week on planet Earth, and all the nations of this blue planet are gathering their energies and chanting “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby” in honor of his 200th birthday. I’m celebrating the week by book-ending the week with performances of the Cello and Violin...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2010 | cello
Since Saturday’s performance of the Schumann Cello Concerto with Lancashire Chamber Orchestra, I’ve had a touching number of enquiries from friends and colleagues wanting to know how it went. Of course, since many were probably calling my decision to play this work...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 9, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Many, many years ago, as a young teenager, I became completely obsessed with Mahler’s music. Back then, living in the Midwest, there was far less material on Mahler about- I ended up scouring libraries and compulsively hunting through record stores, trying bit by bit...
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