by Kenneth Woods | Aug 13, 2008 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Music and Media
In today’s New York Times Daniel Wakin weighs in on the Elgar-vibrato “kerfuffle” (by the way, I’m not English, I’m not a traditionalist, and I don’t object to Elgar being played without vibrato, I object to the claim that Elgar should be played without...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2008 | A view from the podium, Haydn
This scene took place on the steps of a festival concert hall in the US one summer, where an orchestra had just been rehearsing Haydn’s Symphony no. 82….. “You know, I’m actually enjoying this piece.” “Yeah, me too. I kind of expected it to be boring ‘cause its Haydn,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 10, 2008 | A view from the podium, Haydn
I’m just back from the first rehearsal for our upcoming SMP concert. As regular readers will remember, we concluded our last concert with a performance of Mozart’s last symphony, which is a work I absolutely adore with all my heart. It is a piece whose title alone...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 27, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn
I’ve come across an interesting blog that is new to me, Michael Monroe’s MMmusings. A recent post called “Saving the Best for First,” caught my attention because it alluded to a post of mine about Haydn’s Symphony no. 92, the “Oxford.” Thanks to Michael...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 5, 2007 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Haydn, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
12 Tone music is dead. Yeah, right…. Given the fact that the stats, email and the comment page tell me that my rather arcane post on tonality from Saturday is one of the most read and discussed posts I’ve ever done here, I would say that this music still has almost...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 26, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn
There is an interesting piece in Slate magazine today comparing Haydn and Mozart, which is well worth a read. The author, Erik Tarloff, has some very nice and valid points, however I still think that looking at Haydn primarily as a composer of reason and balance...
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