by Kenneth Woods | Apr 5, 2019 | News and Reviews
Published in the Birmingham Post and the Midlands Music Review ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN REVIEW A SUBTLE THREAD WOVEN BY ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN STRINGS ORCHESTRA OF THE SWAN Stratford Play House ***** Whether by happy accident or design, this remarkable concert from the...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 1, 2019 | Not quite the news, Satire
A newly-released Critical Edition of Mahler’s First Symphony reveals that the composer made major changes to the work following its final performances in New York in 1910 and that musicians, for the last 100+ years, have been playing the work completely wrong. Newly...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 28, 2019 | A view from the podium, Mahler
Tuesday 2 April at 7:30 Orchestra of the Swan Stratford Playhouse David Matthews Winter Remembered Mahler Symphony No.10 (mvt 1 arr for strings) Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Kenneth Woods conductor Carmen...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 14, 2019 | A view from the podium
Sunday the 28th of April at 6:30 PM Kings Place London Book here There is a love story at the heart of today’s programme. Bohuslav Martinů was, alongside Dvořák, Smetana and Janacek, one of very greatest of all Czech composers. Like his near contemporary from Hungary,...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 13, 2019 | A view from the podium
I am studying Britten’s Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for a concert next month with the Orchestra of the Swan. Winter Remembered It is a work that never ceases to astound me. Literally every bar is full of invention and inspiration, but what lifts the...
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