by Kenneth Woods | May 10, 2012 | A view from the podium
A guest post from VFTP contributor Peter Davison, in recognition of the recent Kathleen Ferrier annversary. A tribute to Kathleen Ferrier Peter Davison (based on an address made at Kathleen Ferrier: an Ordinary Diva, an event presented on 3 March 2012 at The...
by Kenneth Woods | May 10, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
A new review from musicologist extraordinaire, Calum MacDonald in the May 2012 issue of International Record Review. On newsstands now, or subscribe via the IRR website here. Now, please go buy a copy so we can make volume 3. Click here to order from MDT Click here to...
by Kenneth Woods | May 8, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
Gavin Dixon at Classical CD Reviews has written a perceptive new review of the latest Gal/Schumann CD from the Orchestra of the Swan, which you can read here. Mr Dixon has been one of the more consistent critics, reviewing nearly everything in the Gal project. You can...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 28, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
The final segment of this week’s episode of “CD Review” on BBC Radio was dedicated to a discussion of the latest disc in the Orchestra of the Swan Schumann/Gal series. You can listen via the BBC iPlayer for a week here. Andrew McGregor is the host...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 28, 2012 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
IB Students- Looking for something on An American in Paris? Try here for an informal essay on the piece. An essay commissioned by The Bridgewater Hall for the recent St Petersburg Philharmonic concert. Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 ‘Classical’...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
Short but sweet- a new review from Peter Grahame Woolf over at Musical Pointers for the Orchestra of the Swan’s new recording of Schumann 2 and Gal 4: Click here to order from MDT Click here to order from Amazon.co.uk Click here to order from Amazon.com A short...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 23, 2012 | A view from the podium
Musicologist and radio host Bernard D. Sherman has posted a review of the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Gal’s Symphony no. 4 and Schumann’s Symphony no. 2 on his blog. His books “Performing Brahms” and “Inside Early Music”...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 17, 2012 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews
A very nice new 5-star review from Zan Furtwangler (3rd cousin of the conductor) at Audiophile Audition. Read the whole thing here Click here to order from MDT Click here to order from Amazon.co.uk Click here to order from Amazon.com A short excerpt follows: Woods...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 16, 2012 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Not quite the news, Satire
The Home Office is launching a new “Mahler Licensing Scheme” from 2013, it was announced on Tuesday in Downing Street. “If the tragic events of 2010-11 taught us anything” Prime Minister David Cameron said in a joint press conference with Home Secretary Teresa May and...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 12, 2012 | A view from the podium
Easily the quote of the week: 8. My disappointment on your opinion on Rutter I have a bone to pick with you. After practicing the glockenspiel part for the Rutter Requiem so much and then committing the part to memory so I could play, phrase and watch, I was...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 10, 2012 | News and Reviews
From the Surrey Advertiser 6 April 2012 Surrey Advertiser 21 Fine finale to Spring Music Festival THE Surrey Mozart Players, under their charismatic conductor Kenneth Woods, presented a heart-warming programme to close the week-long Guildford Spring Music Festival at...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 9, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
A very nice four star review from Geoffrey Norris in the April 7th edition of the Saturday Telegraph for Bobby and Hans vol. 2 with Orchestra of the Swan...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 29, 2012 | A view from the podium
Where has the week gone at Vftp Int’ Headquarters? Well, to be honest, the first half of it was given over to recovering from last week, which turned out to be pretty damn draining, and getting out in the sunshine with the kids. Beyond that, there still seemed...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 28, 2012 | A view from the podium
I’m putting the finishing touches on my lecture “Shostakovich in Leningrad” (taking place this Sunday at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Details here). I’m currently finalizing the portion of talk on Mravinsky, and have found some very...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 23, 2012 | A view from the podium
Maybe it is because I’m more or less at the mid-point of a Brahms cycle with the Surrey Mozart players, but right now, I feel like I’m orbiting planet Brahms. 2012 is looking like a Brahms year for Ken, and I like that a lot. I’ve been accumulating some morsels of...
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