by Kenneth Woods | Dec 29, 2008 | A view from the podium, Repertoire Reports
Thanks to Sven from Brainerd for sending us a collated list of Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s rep for 2008. I’m a huge Harnoncourt fan, even though he’s as likely to make me scream in horror as cheer in admiration, sometimes in the same piece. Just this weekend I heard his...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 29, 2008 | A view from the podium
For those music lovers who’ve not found quite the motherload of new CDs in the post-Christmas sale, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (recently declared the best band on the planet by the Gramophone) are offering the world a nice little holiday present. It’s part of...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 27, 2008 | A view from the podium
I do hope you all had a happy Christmas holiday and managed to eat a lot of turkey, drink some lovely wine and listen to a bunch of Bach and Messiaen. I’m shaking off my own turkey coma and will be back up to full blogging speed soon. Meanwhile, I’m happy to point you...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 20, 2008 | A view from the podium, Study with Ken
I’m really excited to be able to announce the details for the 2009 Ischia Festival of Music. Last year was my first year at the festival, and my efforts in spreading the word about the institute had to be slightly tempered by the fact that it was my first spring...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 19, 2008 | A view from the podium
The brass section of the Chicago Symphony were refered to the other day in my post refereing to Kim Diehnelts Elgar article. Writing that post reminded me of a wonderful article I read some years ago on CSO principal trombonist Jay Friedman’s website. Mr Friedman’s...
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