by Kenneth Woods | May 27, 2014 | A view from the podium
As the father of a four-year-old and a six-year-old, birthday parties are suddenly a big part of my life. Scarcely a week goes by without a summons for one or both of the kids to attend two hours of fun, sugar and silliness in celebration of someone’s birthday....
by Kenneth Woods | May 26, 2014 | Bobby and Hans, Headlines, News and Reviews
A review from critic Rainer Aschemaier for Bobby and Hans volume 4. Read the whole thing here. “Woods’ Schumann is a revelation: transparent, graceful, melancholy, romantic At the beginning of this month we were blessed to hear an almost vexingly...
by Kenneth Woods | May 19, 2014 | Bobby and Hans, Headlines, News and Reviews
A review from the June 2014 issue of Gramophone Magazine by Guy Rickards. “This account is a joy from start to exuberant finish, perfectly paced and superbly played…Very strongly...
by Kenneth Woods | May 5, 2014 | A view from the podium
It was the most unexpected gift I received this past Christmas- both the nature of the gift and the identity of the givers. Why the nature? Anyone who knows me well, knows how deeply immersed I was in the music of Jimi Hendrix throughout my teens and early twenties,...
by Kenneth Woods | May 4, 2014 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Gál: Symphony No.2 in F Op.53 ‘The personal experience which is always expressed in music is very deeply buried in one’s own consciousness. One doesn’t know. One never knows.’ Hans Gál Hans Gál was born in 1890 just outside Vienna, where he studied with Richard Robert...
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