by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
Short but sweet- a new review from Peter Grahame Woolf over at Musical Pointers for the Orchestra of the Swan’s new recording of Schumann 2 and Gal 4: Click here to order from MDT Click here to order from Amazon.co.uk Click here to order from Amazon.com A short...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 9, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
A very nice four star review from Geoffrey Norris in the April 7th edition of the Saturday Telegraph for Bobby and Hans vol. 2 with Orchestra of the Swan...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 9, 2012 | Bobby and Hans
In celebration of the release of Bobby and Hans, volume 2, Gramophone Magazine commissioned a special blog post for their website. That’s right, folks- you didn’t hear it here first In fact, you can’t read it here, at all.! Mosey on over to the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 26, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans
What follows is a bit of a treasure. It is an interview with Hans Gál, done in 1971. It is unknown who the interviewer was, or if , when and where it was published. Nevertheless, it contains some of Gál’s most extensive commentary on his own creative work, his...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2011 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
(First time using “Explore the score?” Just click on the hyperlinks within the text to hear the musical excerpts.) “Up to the present, however, Brahms has maintained his place as the “last classical composer,” for no one has yet come to replace him.” Hans Gál-...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 26, 2011 | Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score, Haydn
(First time using “Explore the score?” Just click on the hyperlinks within the text to hear the musical excerpts.) “Here is something truly symphonic, a gesture worthy to introduce a great work…” Hans Gál, Schumann Orchestral Music “I sketched it at a time...
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