by Kenneth Woods | Mar 14, 2007 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Mahler
Beethoven (arr. Mahler)- String Quartet in F minor, op. 95 “Serioso” We often think of Beethoven as having three basic styles that he went through in his career- the early style of the op. 18 quartets, the early piano sonatas and the 1st and 2nd symphonies,...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2007 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
It’s probably no coincidence that the two most popular composers of the 20th Century, Shostakovich and Mahler, are also the two whose autobiographies are most intimately associated with their work. However, although their musical work may have been shaped in part by...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 7, 2007 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
As promised, I would like to try to backtrack to the time this film was shot and just throw in a bit of a performers perspective on the first song of the cycle. It’s quite common for non-musicians to say things along the lines of “you must feel so lucky to get to do...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 4, 2007 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Mahler
I’d like to start this voyage into Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder first with an extended excerpt from Mitch Friedfeld’s essay, followed by the video of the first song. Then, in the next post, I’ll share some of my reactions to the piece as a performer. The three main...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 23, 2006 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Dvorak 8 was the first score I ever went out and bought and subsequently tried to analyze. We had played the work in my youth orchestra under the guidance of James Smith, a truly great musician and orchestral trainer. I’d always been interested in conducting,...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 5, 2006 | Explore the Score, Mahler, Mahler 2 Notes, Nuts and bolts
Mahler’s Second Symphony is in five movements and was completed in 1894, but the first of those was composed and published several years earlier in 1888 (at the same time as the First Symphony) as a tone poem called “Totenfeier” or “Funeral Rites.” It wasn’t until...
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