by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn
By request, the “true” story of Haydn’s Symphony no. 59 in A major. This is a fact free pre-concert lecture. Listen...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 18, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Performing Life
A few things I’m smiling about this week- 1- Any time you can do Haydn symphonies in consecutive weeks, life is good. How is it that the even the classical music world doesn’t seem to realize just what a badass he was! His music is never what it seems- the...
by Kenneth Woods | May 29, 2007 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Haydn
I think I’m falling in love…. Strangely, the object of my affection is a dead Austrian who is one of the most misunderstood figures in music history. Boring, stuffy, old fashioned, a relic from music history class, dry, academic, fussy and even quaint- he’s been...
by Kenneth Woods | May 21, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn, News and Reviews
BBC Radio 3 is re-running my performance of the Haydn and Telemann trumpet concerti with Philippe Schartz and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales this Sunday, May 27th, at 5 PM on Discovering Music. The Haydn Trumpet Concerto on one rehearsal may not be one of those...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2007 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Any regular reader of this blog will have realized that I, like many people, like the music of Gustav Mahler. A lot…. It has occurred to me this week, however, that I could make the perverse case that, much as I am totally thrilled to be doing Das Lied von der...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 18, 2006 | A view from the podium, Haydn
I’d say that admiration for Haydn’s music is a pretty good measure of anyone’s musicianship, taste, maturity, imagination, humility, education, wisdom, sense of humor, appreciation for craft and understanding of human...
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