by Kenneth Woods | May 23, 2008 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
I’ve recently been following a somewhat heated discussion of the attacca- the musical practice of joining two movements of a multi-movement work without pause. Surprisingly, many musicians cannot seem to agree on the definition of an attacca. In fact, the true...
by Kenneth Woods | May 20, 2008 | A view from the podium
Terrible news in Berlin. Knowing all too well the toll that fire and fire fighting can take on instruments, music and archives, I fear not only for what the orchestra has lost, but what the world may have lost. UPDATE- Somewhat more encouraging news from the...
by Kenneth Woods | May 20, 2008 | A view from the podium
Well- the classical world has finally caught on to the sheer power of naked. Hot on the heels of my naked recital post and related commentary, tonight on Channel 4’s “How To Look Good Naked,” the conductor and musicians of Stratford’s Orchestra of the Swan...
by Kenneth Woods | May 19, 2008 | A view from the podium
“Otto Klemperer, Sir Adrian Boult, Carlo Maria Giulini and Walter Legge made up the panel which awarded James Loughran the first prize of the televised final of the Philharmonia Conducting Competition in 1961. They seem as gods on Olympus in comparison to the...
by Kenneth Woods | May 19, 2008 | A view from the podium
I am now home from a memorable week at the Ischia Chamber Music Festival. What a joy it was to set aside the baton and pretty much any and all responsibility for decision making and organization and just be a cellist for a week! Our final concert on Thursday consisted...
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