by Kenneth Woods | Aug 14, 2020 | News and Reviews
Sawyers Symphony No 4. Hommage to Kandinsky BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Kenneth Woods Nimbus Alliance F NI6405 (65’ • DDD) Philip Sawyers – Symphony No. 4, Hommage to Kandinsky (NIMBUS)Rated 5.00 out of 5 £12.00 Like all great symphonists, Philip...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 13, 2020 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
As a young musician for whom the music of Mahler was the most remarkable and unexpected discovery, I never thought that performances of his music would become so frequent and routine that music industry colleagues would begin to speak of “Mahler fatigue.” Although the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 14, 2020 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Philip Sawyers – Symphony No. 4, Hommage to Kandinsky (NIMBUS)Rated 5.00 out of 5 £12.00 The prolific and erudite Twitter commentator, Adam Philp, AKA “The Symphonist”, has dedicated an extensive thread to celebrating the music of Philip...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 26, 2020 | A view from the podium
This article was originally written for the Catholic Herald Next time you are listening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or Mahler’s Second, imagine what it would have been like to be there for the first performance. Imagine the excitement of buying a ticket to...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 24, 2020 | Explore the Score
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto had one of the longer gestations of any of his works. He first began sketching ideas for the piece in 1796, and did most of the main work on the piece in 1800,...
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