by Kenneth Woods | Sep 17, 2018 | cello, News and Reviews
A rave review in the October 2018 issue of BBC Music Magazine “The Briggs Trio responds to the style with enormous affection, following the mood changes from passionate to witty with eagle ears, and it sounds as if they have been living with the music for a long...
by Kenneth Woods | May 24, 2012 | cello, Nuts and bolts
Last month, my colleagues in Ensemble Epomeo and I had a chance to dust off our scores to Dmitri Sitkovetsky’s wonderful string trio arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations. Coming back to this most special of pieces was as inspiring, rewarding and humbling as ever,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 9, 2011 | cello, Repertoire Reports
Alan, a cellist from Cleveland, has been a big Alban Gerhardt fan for a long time, so he was happy to assemble a repertoire report for his favourite cellist. Alban must be about the busiest cellist on the planet- certainly nobody I know carries more repertoire or is...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 31, 2010 | cello, Performing Life
2010 January January 23rd was always destined to be the most important date of the first month of 2010. It was to be the day that I once and for all liberated myself from my fear of the Dvorak Cello Concerto. As a young cellist, the Dvorak had been my favorite piece...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 29, 2010 | cello, News and Reviews
Ensemble Epomeo has been playing Kile Smith’s beautiful new string trio, Thrice Blest, a lot this year. Kile has managed to come to a couple of our performances, including our concert at the University of Pennsylvania a few days ago. He’s written a...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 30, 2010 | cello, Performing Life
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a little bit about the challenges of getting to grips with an instrument other than one’s own. I’m now back in Philadelphia, playing again on that same “other” cello, and it’s fascinating how one development has changed my perspective on...
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