by Kenneth Woods | Jan 19, 2013 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
It’s time for the third instalment in our Explore the Score series on the Schumann symphonies. Our new recording of Gal’s 2nd Symphony and Schumann’s Fourth has just been released on Avie Records. Ordering via these links helps support these...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 11, 2012 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Schumann’s fate as an opera composer seemed to mirror that of his hero Beethoven, and not always in positive ways. Both men sought to reform the genre, stripping it of frivolity and artifice, eradicate virtuoso display and create an idiomatic, German approach to music...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 8, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
Klangfarbenmelodie, or “tone colour melody” is one of those 2 dollar words we all learned in undergraduate music history class. Simply described, in Klangfarbenmelodie, a single melodic line jumps from instrument to instrument, creating a more-or-less constantly...
by Kenneth Woods | May 23, 2012 | Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score
“Whilst it may be a long road before the symphonies promoted by Kenneth Woods become regular concert fare (he can’t be everywhere !) the chances for this marvellous cello concerto to become part of “the repertoire” are far better, since...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 28, 2012 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
IB Students- Looking for something on An American in Paris? Try here for an informal essay on the piece. An essay commissioned by The Bridgewater Hall for the recent St Petersburg Philharmonic concert. Serge Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No.1 in D, Op.25 ‘Classical’...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 19, 2012 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Cellist Antonio Meneses and the Northern Sinfonia have just made a stunning recording of Elgar and Gal’s cello concerti with his longtime friend and collaborator, conductor Claudio Cruz. Although I wasn’t involved in the recording, Avie Records asked me to...
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