by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2013 | News and Reviews
A review from Stephen Pedersen of the opening concert of the 2013 Scotia Festival, featuring Ensemble Epomeo. Read the original here. CONCERT REVIEW: Gifted chamber players echo spring’s diversity May 28, 2013 – 5:48pm BY STEPHEN PEDERSEN Philippe Djokic...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 21, 2013 | A view from the podium
When I was young and discovered a new piece of music that really blew me away, the urge to tell a friend about it was sometimes overpowering. It wasn’t a feeling unique to classical music, and in my formative years, these moments came with thrilling regularity. Of...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2013 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
A review from Rob Cowan for the Gramola release “Lost Generation” from the July, 2013 issue...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 16, 2013 | A view from the podium
A review of the Scotia Winds performance of Berg’s Kammerkonzert with soloists Robert Uchida and Simon Docking and Mozart’s Gran Partita. Read the original here. Ensembles blow sweetly in wind June 5, 2013 – 5:14pm STEPHEN PEDERSEN Wind ensemble...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 15, 2013 | A view from the podium
An incredible day of music making yesterday with my wonderful colleagues in the Orchestra of the Swan. In many places and with many fine orchestras, doing such a profound, difficult and ambitious program on such a tight rehearsal schedule would have been simply...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 15, 2013 | A view from the podium
A review of Ensemble Epomeo’s recital on the 27th of May from Chronicle Herald chief critic, Stephen Pedersen. Read the original here. CONCERT REVIEW: String trio brings zest to range of styles May 29, 2013 – 5:22pm BY STEPHEN PEDERSEN ...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 12, 2013 | News and Reviews
An interesting feature looking ahead to the (now-completed) 2013 Scotia Festival from senior Chronicle Herald classical critic Stephen Pedersen. Read the original here Woods, Brady headline festival May 24, 2013 – 5:34pm BY STEPHEN PEDERSEN Classical music stars...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 12, 2013 | News and Reviews
A review of the final Gala concert of the 2013 Scotia Festival of Music from critic Stephen Pederson at the Chronicle Herald. Read the original here. June 10, 2013 Concerto performances stunning Scotia Festival of Music ended on triple stun Sunday afternoon in the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 12, 2013 | Mahler, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts
I’ve just turned in notes for an upcoming CD on ICA Classics commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passing of Hans Rosbaud, one of the most interesting of 20th C. conductors. That disc of works by Sibelius and Debussy is due out in the early Fall, and is...
by Kenneth Woods | May 24, 2013 | A view from the podium
A very nice review from the May 2013 issue of Limelight Magazine (Australia). Read the whole thing here. Buy here from MDT UK Buy here from Arkiv USA Buy here from Amazon UK Buy here from Amazon USA KRASA • GAL Trio Op 104, Serenade in D, Tanec, Passacaglia and Fugue...
by Kenneth Woods | May 24, 2013 | A view from the podium
A new review for the Orchestra of the Swan’s recording of Gal’s Second Symphony and Schumann Four from critic Lee Passarella at Audiophile Audition. Read the whole thing here. A short sample follows HANS GÁL: Symphony No. 2 in F, Op. 53; SCHUMANN:...
by Kenneth Woods | May 8, 2013 | News and Reviews
A new review from critic Dan Morgan at MusicWeb. Read the whole thing here. A short sample follows The Second Symphony opens with a most unsettling string theme that blossoms into a mellifluous, pulsing tune whose mood and manner might well suggest pared-down...
by Kenneth Woods | May 8, 2013 | Explore the Score
“It has always been known that the greatest pianoforte players were also the greatest composers; but how did they play? Not like the pianists of today who prance up and down the keyboard with passages in which they have exercised themselves—what does that mean?...
by Kenneth Woods | May 7, 2013 | A view from the podium
I attended my first Scotia Festival as a student in 1993- Peter Lieberson was the composer-of-the-year, Pierre-Laurent Aimard was the pianist-in-the-house. How could I not want to keep coming back? Over the following years I got to meet and work with composers like...
by Kenneth Woods | May 7, 2013 | Headlines, News and Reviews
A review appeared in Tempo Magazine from January 2013 of the Orchestra of the Swan’s “Trumpet Shall Sound” concert. A short excerpt follows Although John McCabe’s Rainforest II, of 1987, is in effect a chamber concerto for trumpet and 11...
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