by Kenneth Woods | Nov 23, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
In rehearsals, the orchestra had sounded like Jaguar fresh from a tune up- all effortless perfect handling, pure power and explosive speed, and the night was a glamorous one, with one of the great living pianists waiting in the wings for Mozart and Ravel concerti. The...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 22, 2007 | A view from the podium
What better topic for Thanksgiving, when none of our American friends are reading, than a concert announcement for our UK audience? UPCOMING CONCERT Hereford String Orchestra Saturday, November 24, 2007 7:30 PM Holy Trinity Church Hereford Program-Mozart- Symphony no....
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 21, 2007 | A view from the podium
Back home after a wild trip to America I have been catching up on news and blogs and came across this post from Lisa Hirsch and the NY Times article by Antony Tommasini she is discussing. I’ve held off talking about the whole “woman conductor” issue for some time...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 20, 2007 | A view from the podium
Back at Vftp Int’l Headquarters, and I’ve had to attend to one of those jobs one absolutely dreads- finishing a long-standing personnel issue at an orchestra that I regularly work with. There’s no worse part of a conductor’s job than having to be the heavy- no matter...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 18, 2007 | A view from the podium
This is possibly my favorite post concert comment ever, courtesy of Tom (thanks for dinner, Tom!!!!) “You could hear everyone onstage and, you know, there wasn’t any weird shit going on” I loved that! This came out of my mouth this morning in reference to a former...
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