by Kenneth Woods | Apr 9, 2026 | A view from the podium
As a subscriber to a handful of Substack pages, I occasionally get automatically-generated emails offering a pick of recent pieces they think I will like. Today, that email suggested 3 really fantastic essays, including one which really stood out as quite special. All...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Reviews
Read the original here John Joubert “Jane Eyre” Arcola, Grimeborn Opera, Hackney Laura Mekhail as Jane Eyre. Photo Credit: Camilla Greenwell Review by Simon Jenner, August 7 2025 Though seemingly ideal for operatic treatment, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre might...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Reviews
Read the original here. Saturday, 9 August 2025 Going where no other company has dared: Green Opera gives the stage premiere of Joubert’s Jane Eyre in a full-blooded performance at Grimeborn Festival Labels: Grimeborn, opera review Joubert: Jane Eyre –...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Reviews
Read the original here 7th August 2025 by FairyPoweredProductions JANE EYRE REVIEW ARCOLA THEATRE – UNTIL 9th AUGUST 2025 REVIEWED BY JACKIE THORNTON 4**** Charlotte Brontë’s iconic 19th Century tale of one woman’s quest for equality and freedom transcends its roots...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Reviews
Read the original here Grimeborn Opera: Jane Eyre – Arcola Theatre | Review By Chris Omaweng / August 8, 2025 Composer John Joubert and librettist Kenneth Birkin worked on this opera adaptation of Jane Eyre for over a decade, from 1987 to 1997 – there were other...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | A view from the podium
Read the original here JANE EYRE Arcola Theatre ★★★★★ “at once powerful and raw while remaining refined and focused” Green Opera’s production of John Joubert’s Jane Eyre turns the best parts of opera into a phenomenal work of art. I strongly encourage...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Reviews
Read the original here A Young(ish) Perspective About us Archives C Camilla Greenwell REVIEW: Jane Eyre at Arcola Theatre Published on August 9, 2025 by leahj Rating: 4 out of 5. This contemporary operatic take on a classic story is visually rich and musically...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 2, 2026 | News and Reviews
Original here Reviewer: Phoebe Taplin By The Reviews Hub – LondonAugust 9, 2025No Comments4 Mins Read FacebookTwitterPinterest Laura Mekhail photo Camilla Greenwell Share Composer – John Joubert Libretto – Kenneth Birkin Director – Eleanor Burke Conductor:...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 2, 2026 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
By Julia Gaß Dortmund. Brahms is a focus of the first season under Dortmund’s General Music Director Jordan de Souza. The performance of all four Brahms symphonies on April 28 and 29 complemented the Violin Concerto in the fifth Philharmonic Concert on Tuesday...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2026 | Mahler, News and Reviews
Re-blogged from BachTrack UK English Symphony Orchestra brings total transparency to Strauss and Mahler By Simon Cummings, 03 December 2025 It’s a courageous move to take a great work from the Romantic canon, composed by a consummate master of orchestration, and...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2026 | Mahler, News and Reviews
Re-blogged from Critics Circl by Guy Rickards | Nov 28, 2024 | Music | 0 comments (photo (c) Suzi Corker) Joanne Chiang, Owen Gunnell, percussion (Zhenyan Li) Yvonne Howard, Satriya Krisna, City of London Sinfonia / Kenneth Woods (Mahler) Sinfonia Smith’s Square,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2026 | News and Reviews
Re blogged from Critics Circle Truscott Triumphans on a poignant evening for the London Chamber Music Society by Guy Rickards | Mar 26, 2025 | Music | 0 comments The composer Harold Truscott, c1979 (c) Margaret Truscott Rosie Cow, bassoon; Rosalind Ventris,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2025 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Boy, I am excited about this season! powered by Advanced...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 3, 2025 | A view from the podium
The classical music community was rather endearingly shocked earlier this past autumn to learn that a man who has at least twice been known to allegedly assault colleagues may not be a very nice person. [NB. I’ve never met Maestro Gardiner and, like many, I...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 8, 2024 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
What follows is an essay about my new Performing Version of Mahler’s arrangement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden String Quartet, premiered at Colorado MahlerFest in 2024. Schubert, Franz arr. Mahler/Woods – String Quartet in D minor (Der Tod und...
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