by Kenneth Woods | Jul 25, 2010 | News and Reviews
From the August 2010 issue of The Strad Gál Violin Concerto op 39, Vioin Concertino op 52, Triptych op 100 Annette Barbara Vogel, violin Northern Sinfonia/Kenneth Woods Here’s a real treat: a pair of long-list violin concertos from that most fecund decade for the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2010 | News and Reviews
There is a new and perceptive review of the new Gal CD at Classical CD Reviews by critic Gavin Dixon here- ….Gál’s aesthetic is inherited directly from the tail-end of the Austro-German Romantic tradition. His musicbears many similarities with that of Franz...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2010 | A view from the podium
As we celebrate the release of the new Gal CD, I’m hoping to use this blog to give readers a chance to get to know a little bit more about this fascinating musician and figure. I thought we might make a nice bridge from recent topics by starting with Mahler....
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2010 | A view from the podium
This Satuday evening I’m conducting a program that includes Berlioz’s Corsaire Overture, the Saint-Saens 3rd Violin Concerto and the Franck Symphony in D minor. It’s almost ten years to the day since I last conducted the Franck (that time around it was paired with the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2010 | News and Reviews
Peter Grahame Woolf writing for Musical Pointers Han Gal: Violin Concerto, Violin Concertino & Triptych for Orchestra. Annette-Barbara Vogel, Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Woods …….The two concertante works for violin from the ’30s, excellently...
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