by Kenneth Woods | Feb 17, 2009 | A view from the podium
There was a great piece in the Feb 15 New York Times on the recent drama surrounding a proposed $50 million increase to the National Endowment for the Arts in the stimulus package. In the end, the Coburn Amendment, which I discussed here and here a few days ago,...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 13, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
As a follow-up to my post on the volume level of the last note of the first movement of Mahler 5, I wanted to come back to the obvious parallel with the last note of the 2nd movement. The note in question is a single eighth-note a-natural on the timpani, marked...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 11, 2009 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
“How many scores of Mahler 5 do you own?” came the beleaugered inquirey from one who knows the ins and outs of our library budget here at Vftp International Headquarters. The reluctant answer is “over four.” I’ve got the Dover (useless for performance, but interesting...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 10, 2009 | A view from the podium
I’m back home at last after a busy concert weekend with the Wilmslow Symphony. In spite of the foul weather, we had a nearly full house and the audience seemed to enjoy the lively, if intense, evening of music The program was a mixture of British and American music-...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 9, 2009 | A view from the podium
More thoughts on the arts’ place in economic stimulus from Robin Bronk at the Huggington Post here. In these times of economic crisis, it seems only rational that we should look back at our history to review what works if we want to create jobs and secure a...
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