by Kenneth Woods | Sep 10, 2006 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
I was please to see that Patrick Smith at the Penitent Wagnerite picked up on my thread about Mahler scores as conducting lessons with this pseudo-rebuttal. I’m not sure, however, that he and I are really talking about the same thing, as I’m not at all concerned with...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 10, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
Thoughts on Shostakovich and interpretation from his collaborator and compatriot, Kyrill Kondrashin- The Interior Shostakovich Statement by Kyrill Kondrashin read at a symposium held at Bucknell University, New York 9th September 1980 Translated by Antonina W....
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 10, 2006 | A view from the podium, Mahler
I’m afraid I was otherwise occupied with KCYO when Tim Magnan wrote this piece on the art of conducting. Highly recommended. He’s quite right about the importance of the DVD revolution in helping us to better understand the working habits of many historically...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 8, 2006 | A view from the podium
Busy day here at View From the Podium international headquarters. First, I must thank A.C. Douglas at Sounds and Fury for picking up my Mahler and Sibelius thread. Much appreciated! Second, I was delighted to see that the great Terry Teachout, arts critic of the...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 8, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
You’ll want to have a score of the piece handy while working through this essay. Here is a copy. It is well known that Sibelius’ approach to symphonic composition was intensely organic- in his mature music everything in a given piece grows from the same little...
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