by Kenneth Woods | Feb 26, 2019 | Nuts and bolts
I’ve wanted to make a string orchestra version of Tchaikovsky’s Third String Quartet for almost as long as I’ve known the piece. Growing up in the USA, most musicians I knew seemed to only know of “‘the’ Tchaikovsky String...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 26, 2019 | A view from the podium
Here’s an attempt to comb through some of the threads which join together the four works on this weekend’s programme in Hereford’s beautiful Shirehall. Book your tickets here. Phone Booking 01905 611427 In person at the Huntingdon Hall Box...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 11, 2019 | Nuts and bolts
It was a dark and stormy night. Really, it was. A man races through a maelstrom, his energy rapidly leaving him. Cold, soaking and exhausted, he sees a house and makes for it. He makes his way inside. As the last drop of adrenaline drains from his system, he lays down...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 16, 2019 | A view from the podium
When John Joubert passed away this week (on January 7) at the age of ninety-one, he left behind a vast body of work, reaching to nearly 200 opus numbers, including seven operas, three Symphonies and four Concertos. If it is a source of frustration for those of us who...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 29, 2018 | A view from the podium
Ensemble Epomeo- Penderecki, Kurtág, Schnittke and Weinberg String Trio’s £12.00 “For its second disc – generously filled, and rewardingly programmed – string trio Ensemble Epomeo focuses on music composed in Eastern Europe and Russia in the late 20th...
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