by Kenneth Woods | Nov 6, 2018 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
“Terrific music like this renews my faith in the symphony as a genre… a feeling of reconciliation worthy of the Mahler 10th.” From the March/April 2018 Edition of American Record Guide Philip Sawyers (1951- ) is patently a composer of no small gifts. His Symphony 3...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 25, 2018 | Explore the Score
Book your tickets here for this fantastic programme with the English Symphony Orchestra in Hereford Shirehall, 7 October 2018 at 3:30 English Symphony Orchestra Kenneth Woods – Artistic Director Roman Kosyakov – Piano Programme Schumann – Symphony No. 4 Liszt –...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 17, 2018 | cello, News and Reviews
A rave review in the October 2018 issue of BBC Music Magazine “The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection, following the mood changes from passionate to witty with eagle ears, and it sounds as if they have been living with the music for a long...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 16, 2018 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
Ken’s most recent recording as a cellist with the Briggs Piano Trio, an Avie Records disc of trios by Hans Gál and Dmitri Shostakovich, has been awarded the coveted Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice for October 2018. Here is the review from critic...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 4, 2018 | News and Reviews
High praise in this month’s edition of BBC Music Magazine from Erik Levi for Kenneth Woods, conductor’s orchestration of Brahms’ Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major on Nimbus Records. The August issue of BBC Music is on sale from all good retailers....
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