by Kenneth Woods | Oct 15, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
It seems fair for once to say that I am truly approaching a milestone in my life- in about a month, I will be making my first recording of a work by Gustav Mahler. On November 19 and 20, I’ll be going into the studio with my colleagues at Orchestra of the Swan, three...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 6, 2010 | Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
“Playing Beethoven only gets more challenging” That statement and its many variants is one of those musical truisms one hears so often, one almost ceases to be aware of what it means. It’s not a statement I would make about every composer- demanding as it is, Richard...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 6, 2010 | News and Reviews
From MusicWeb International, published October 5, 2010 ….TheViolin Concerto comes from the period 1931-2 when Gál was at his most successful in Germany. It is in many ways quite an untroubled work. Throughout it I kept pinching myself that this was not a British...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 5, 2010 | News and Reviews
UPCOMING CONCERT Thursday, November 4, 2010 7:30 PM St John’s Smith Square, London New Queen’s Hall Orchestra Kenneth Woods, conductor Kit and the Widow, reciters A Gala Concert in Celebration of the NQHO’s return to the newly renovated St...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 30, 2010 | cello, Performing Life
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a little bit about the challenges of getting to grips with an instrument other than one’s own. I’m now back in Philadelphia, playing again on that same “other” cello, and it’s fascinating how one development has changed my perspective on...
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