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Mahler’s “Death and the Maiden” orchestration – Why a New Performing Version?

Mahler’s “Death and the Maiden” orchestration – Why a New Performing Version?

by Kenneth Woods | Jul 8, 2024 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life

What follows is an essay about my new Performing Version of Mahler’s arrangement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden String Quartet, premiered at Colorado MahlerFest in 2024. Schubert, Franz arr. Mahler/Woods – String Quartet in D minor (Der Tod und...
What Mahler Tells Me – The Theme of MahlerFest XXXV

What Mahler Tells Me – The Theme of MahlerFest XXXV

by Kenneth Woods | May 3, 2022 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective

It’s that time of year again, when we can feel the rapid approach of Colorado MahlerFest. Here are some of my thoughts about this year’s festival.  The committed Mahlerians in our audience this week will already know that Mahler toyed with the idea of a...
It’s time to dump the Mahler myths

It’s time to dump the Mahler myths

by Kenneth Woods | Oct 28, 2020 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective

This article (from 2016, but circulating this week online) is simply not on. The Neurotic Genius – Inside Mahler’s Mind by Alicia Watson Not at all. The author (a therapist) says “”neurotic” has been clinically retired,” and I wish she...
It’s time to dump the Mahler myths

Guest Column for Harmonie Magazine – Mahler in 2020

by Kenneth Woods | Aug 13, 2020 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective

As a young musician for whom the music of Mahler was the most remarkable and unexpected discovery, I never thought that performances of his music would become so frequent and routine that music industry colleagues would begin to speak of “Mahler fatigue.” Although the...
Rott’s Symphony emerges from the shadows of time

Rott’s Symphony emerges from the shadows of time

by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2019 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective

Here’s a bit of music history I didn’t know I had.   Gerhard Samuel, who gave the first performance of Hans Rott’s Symphony Symphony in E, repeated the work for his final concerts before retiring from the podium as conductor of the Cincinnati...
Concert Review – Kenneth Woods Conducts Orchestra of the Swan “A Most Thoughtfully Designed Programme, Expertly Delivered”

Concert Review – Kenneth Woods Conducts Orchestra of the Swan “A Most Thoughtfully Designed Programme, Expertly Delivered”

by Kenneth Woods | May 30, 2019 | Headlines, Mahler, Music and Media, News and Reviews

Thanks to John Quinn from Seen and Heard International for this lovely and comprehensive review of last night’s epic Orchestra of the Swan concert with April Fredrick, soprano. Read the whole thing here. “The concert opened with one of Mozart’s...
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