by Kenneth Woods | Aug 25, 2018 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
One hundred years from the day of his birth, Leonard Bernstein remains for many music lovers a marmite musician. Reactions to his work as composer, conductor and pianist remain both strong and strongly divided. No part of his legacy remains more controversial than his...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 3, 2018 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Gustav Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde is a work that ends with the beginning of a journey. Across the first five movements, and through much of the sixth, the narrative voices we hear are passive ones. In the third and fourth songs, the poetry of Li T’ai-po...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 30, 2018 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
I’m conducting an incredibly cool programme next week with my friends in the English Symphony Orchestra on the 10th of February in Worcester’s lovely Huntingdon Hall. We’re doing Erwin Stein’s magical chamber version of Mahler’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 19, 2016 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Hi Mahler fans. Following on from last week’s post on Mahler 7, I’ve had a number of questions, challenges and queries which have led to some very illuminating discussions. I thought I’d share a few highlights of those here. A couple of readers asked...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 6, 2016 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Ken’s first summer at Colorado MahlerFest is just around the corner, and so it seems time to add to the Mahler- A Performer’s Perspective library here at Vftp. This year’s festival centers on Mahler’s 7th Symphony with performances on...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 5, 2016 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
Originally published in 2010: I finally managed to make it to one of the Mahler in Manchester concerts this past weekend (in spite of my blog project, I’ve had concerts of my own every previous concert night). Happily, this time I had a rehearsal in Manchester, so I...
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