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Concert Review- Classical Source on Orchestra of the Swan at St John’s Smith Square, London

Concert Review- Classical Source on Orchestra of the Swan at St John’s Smith Square, London

by Kenneth Woods | Feb 29, 2012 | News and Reviews

Orchestra of the Swan/Kenneth Woods at Cadogan Hall – Tallis Fantasia, Frank Bridge Variations – Tamsin Waley-Cohen plays The Lark Ascending Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Cadogan Hall, London Reviewed by Edward Clark When I travel abroad I am sometimes asked what the...

Odds and ends from Vftp Int’l Headquarters

by Kenneth Woods | Feb 27, 2012 | A view from the podium

Apologies to regular Vftp readers frustrated by the quiet state of the blog- it’s been a very, very busy patch here. The good news (well, depends on whether you look forward to or dread new content here) is that I’ve got quite a backlog of things for the blog that...

Guest blog: Peter Davison- Since Mendelssohn Left Rhydymwyn

by Kenneth Woods | Feb 18, 2012 | A view from the podium

The composer Felix Mendelssohn made many visits to the British Isles during his short life, yet it is little known that he stayed in North Wales for several weeks in 1829, visiting many of its famous beauty spots. But fact can indeed prove stranger than fiction, since...

Urtext myths 4: Whose score is it anyway?

by Kenneth Woods | Feb 5, 2012 | A view from the podium

Over the last five or six years, I’ve gradually been building up a rather nice library of orchestral parts, all marked with my bowings and any special requests (such as “on the string”: I haven’t yet tried writing in things like “stop glaring,...

Concert Review- Surrey Mozart Players, 28 Jan, 2012. Mahler, Mendelssohn and Gal

by Kenneth Woods | Feb 4, 2012 | A view from the podium

From the February 3, 2012 Surrey Advertiser: Surrey Mozart Players on top form for Electric Theatre performance Those who ventured out to the Electric Theatre last Saturday were in for a real treat. The Surrey Mozart Players under their charismatic conductor Kenneth...
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