by Kenneth Woods | Nov 6, 2012 | A view from the podium
Re-blogged from Broken Thirds, the Epomeo Blog A new review from critic and musicologist Calum MacDonald in the November 2012 issue of International Record Review for Ensemble Epomeo’s recording of the complete trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa. On newsstands now, but...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 30, 2012 | A view from the podium
Today (October 30th), Performance Today, produced by American Public Media, broadcast two recent live performances from the Orchestra of the Swan and yours truly. The first hour of the program opened with a movement from our live recording of Mahler’s Das Lied...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2012 | A view from the podium
Last week’s episode of critic, author and journalist Andrew Patner’s show “Critical Thinking” on WFMT-Chicago features discussion of and selections from our new recording of the trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa. You can listen to the episode on the WFMT website here,...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2012 | A view from the podium
Recordings editor Phil Sommerich interviews the members of Ensemble Epomeo on their new recording of the trios of Hans Gal and Hans Krasa in the current issue of Classical Music Magazine (October 20, 2012). On sale now! Buy a copy while you can, or better yet,...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 18, 2012 | A view from the podium
I was trying to explain the international rules of concert duration succinctly today. Here’s what I came up with. 1- American audiences generally come to concerts for the social occasion, and often dread the music that comes with it, so they prefer we keep the...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 14, 2012 | A view from the podium
A new four-star review for Ensemble Epomeo’s debut CD from Michael Dervan of the Irish Times. Dervan says of the Krasa works “the trios by Krása were written in the months before his death. Tanec (Dance) mixes light and dark, the Passacaglia and Fuga shift from...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 14, 2012 | News and Reviews
A very positive new review of Ensemble Epomeo’s debut CD from Classical Source editor Colin Anderson. Read the whole thing here. A short sample follows below Buy here from MDT UK Buy here from Arkiv USA Buy here from Amazon UK Buy here from Amazon USA...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 7, 2012 | A view from the podium
Hello Vftp readers! I’m writing to you from high above the Atlantic ocean, en route from a tense and nervous Heathrow airport, where the deportation of Abu Hamza has once again convinced those in power that the only thing that can keep us safe from the murdering...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
FANFARE MAGAZINE NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2012 SCHLEFER Haru no Umi Redux and Shakuhachi Concerto HAGEN Koto Concerto: Genji ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN Click here to listen David Curtis and Kenneth Woods, conductors James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi Yumi Kurosawa,...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 2, 2012 | A view from the podium
Reblogged from Broken Thirds, the Epomeo Blog It’s been a few months since I sat down for a rehearsal with my colleagues in Ensemble Epomeo, but next week we begin a busy two-week tour of the East Coast, with a mountain of repertoire to learn- four huge...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 23, 2012 | A view from the podium
Possibly the second most frequently asked question I hear from young string players is “what is the best way to practice this passage/piece/technical problem.” (The most often asked question is “Can I have a concerto with one of your orchestras, and the most often...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 20, 2012 | A view from the podium
This week brought strong reactions to two recordings of the music of Beethoven. After a spring and summer in which the music of LvB didn’t figure nearly as prominently as usual, Beethoven is back on the menu at Vftp, and being served in generous portions. The coming...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 9, 2012 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
Anne Midgette’s excellent Washington Post piece on Hans Gal and forgotten composers re-appears in this week’s Guardian Weekly in slightly condensed form. Still a great read, and it looks great in that lovely Guardian layout. It’s the September 7...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 8, 2012 | A view from the podium
I took a break from studying Mahler 3 this afternoon to watch Bernard Haitink’s Prom performance of the Strauss Alpine Symphony with the Vienna Philharmonic. Putting these two titanic scores side by side made for an interesting comparison. The Alpine and the Third are...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 3, 2012 | A view from the podium
David Stabler has a great piece in this week’s Oregonian focusing on the new timpanist of the Oregon Symphony, Jonathan Greeney, who finished his tenure period with the orchestra this summer. If you’ve enjoyed the fantastic Boston Magazine piece on the...
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