by Kenneth Woods | Oct 5, 2014 | A future for music, A view from the podium, Favorite posts
Via the Saint Louis Dispatch “Michael Brown protesters interrupted the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday night, causing a brief delay in the performance at Powell Symphony Hall. The orchestra and chorus were preparing to perform Johannes...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 28, 2014 | A view from the podium
This Friday I’m conducting the winds of the English Symphony Orchestra in a program of wind ensemble masterpieces by Hans Gál, Mozart and Dvorák. You should come- it’s going to be fantastic! It’s no secret I’m a cellist, so I have grown up outside the wind...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 9, 2014 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony opus 110a, an arrangement for string orchestra of his String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, opus 110, was the first of five orchestral transcriptions of his string quartets by his friend, the violist and conductor Rudolf...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 1, 2014 | A view from the podium
I’m sorry- there’s simply no way that Leonard Slatkin is 70 years old. For many, many American conductors and orchestral musicians of my generation, Leonard was the first superstar conductor who seemed of our time and of our culture. Before Leonard, conductors were...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 19, 2014 | Headlines, News and Reviews
A new review from Music and Vision Daily for Philip Sawyers’ Cello Concerto, Second Symphony and Concertante for Violin, Piano and Strings on Nimbus Records. Click here to read the whole thing (subscription required). A short sample follows: Philip Sawyers-...
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