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...
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 –...
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