by Kenneth Woods | Jan 10, 2009 | A view from the podium
It sounds a bit absurd to express surprise at the death of an 83 year-old man, but I was genuinely surprised to learn of the death of the cellist of the great Borodin Quartet, Valentin Berlinsky, who died a few weeks ago. After 62 years in the quartet, I’d...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 8, 2009 | A view from the podium
I have an alarming number of pieces to learn this week (I have first rehearsals for three big-ish programs in a 4 day period), alongside completion of my UK taxes (argh- I get to do taxes twice a year….), so blog posts may be scarce for a while. Among the works on my...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 6, 2009 | A view from the podium, Music and Media
Hi everyone I’ve just been made aware of this- the last recorded interview with Richard Hickox, available as a podcast on the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra website. Click here to listen, or right click and select “save target as” to download to your computer....
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 30, 2008 | A view from the podium
I was so sad this morning to learn of the death of Freddie Hubbard from Doug Ramsey at Rifftides, who has an excellent remembrance here. Hubbard was one of the last of the true giants of jazz history still with us, a man whose career spanned epoch after epoch, and...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 29, 2008 | A view from the podium
I came across a piece in the news today about the ongoing war between Warner and 20th C. Fox over the fate of the upcoming movie, The Watchmen. This storm has been brewing for a long time, maybe years. Who owns this movie, the people who made it or the people who...
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