by Kenneth Woods | Mar 15, 2012 | Explore the Score
Welcome to a special edition of Explore the Score. I’ve told friends for years that some day I wanted to write a book about Shostakovich 5. Here’s the short version. Dmitri Shostakovich- Symphony no. 5 in D minor opus 47 Genesis...
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...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 20, 2010 | Explore the Score
Béla Bartók- Concerto for Viola (1945) completed by Tibor Serly William Primrose, maybe the most important violist of modern times, asked the then-ailing Bartók to write a concerto for his use in 1945. Since emigrating from Hungary to the US in 1940, Bartók had...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 19, 2010 | Explore the Score
The Verein für Musikalische Privataufführungen (Society for Private Musical Performances) was founded by Arnold Schoenberg and his friends and students in the second decade of the 20th century to provide composers an opportunity to hear important scores of the day in...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2010 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Mahler, News and Reviews
To make the reading experience more engaging, we’ve linked to audio samples of the various musical examples discussed. Look for the highlighted text. Chances are, in most browsers a little box will pop up over the text where you can play the excerpt...
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