by Kenneth Woods | Jan 20, 2012 | A view from the podium, Lists
C major. The white keys on the piano. The Symphony has been good to C major, and C major has been good to the symphony, even though there are no Brahms, Mahler or Bruckner symphonies officially in C. Brahms 1 ends in C major (as does Beethoven 5 and Bruckner’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 14, 2012 | A view from the podium
Small-scale Choral Symphony draws large crowds Surrey Mozart Players – Holy Trinity Church – 19th November 2011 When Beethoven conducted the première of his Choral Symphony in 1824 to rapturous applause the forces deployed were not much different from those used in...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 14, 2012 | Repertoire Reports
Next up in the 2011 Repertoire Reports is Assistant Conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, Sasha Mäkilä. I first became aware of Maestro Mäkilä when a couple of comments on VFTP led me to his excellent blog- to the best of my knowledge, Sasha was the second conductor...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 13, 2012 | Performing Life
I feel a little sheepish about writing a blog post of my personal performing highlights from 2011. It could all-too-easily read like the notorious episode of Desert Island Discs when a famous diva picked all her own recordings. But that’s not what this list is about-...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 12, 2012 | Repertoire Reports
Conductor Semyon Bychkov has been a stalwart of our annual Repertoire Reports for many years. This year’s Report was culled from his very-user-friendly website by Monty in Phoenix. This year’s Bychkov Report is remarkably consistent with past years- as always, he...
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