by Kenneth Woods | Aug 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
One thing we all learn with experience is that life goes in phases. Not too long ago, but neither too recently, I had a “sketchy timpanist nearly ruining the concert” phase with a number of different orchestras over several concerts. Some regular players...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 29, 2012 | A view from the podium
Reblogged from Broken Thirds, the Epomeo blog Hello everyone We thought it was about time we took a moment to update you on the artistic, rather than financial progress of our CD project. Our recording of the trios of Hans Gál and Hans Kràsa comes out in...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 14, 2012 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Satire
One of the longest music director searches in US classical music history is about to come to a surprising and historic conclusion, sources tell View from the Podium reporters, as a major American orchestra prepares to appoint the holographic image of Leonard Bernstein...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 14, 2012 | A view from the podium
A new review of volume 1 of the Orchestra of the Swan recordings of the complete symphonies of Hans Gal and Robert Schumann in the July 12th issue of the Birmingham Post: Read the whole thing here. A sample follows: Get your copy direct from Avie Download from iTunes...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2012 | A view from the podium
July 7 is Gustav Mahler’s birthday- the great man would have been 152 today, which would be a great age even for Elliott Carter. However, there’s no more pro-Mahler blog in the blogosphere than VFTP, so we’re celebrating his birthday by offering a...
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