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...
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...
by Kenneth Woods | May 25, 2019 | Mahler, News and Reviews
[Re-blogged from MahlerFest.org] BEYERS, DEVANE, KOREVAAR STANDOUT PERFORMERS AT MAHLERFEST XXXII Published in “Wunderhorn”, the Journal of the New York Mahler Society By Kelly Dean Hansen, Freelance Classical Music Writer In its 32nd year, the fourth...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 25, 2019 | Mahler
In all the long history of symphonic music, with the possible exception of Berlioz, there has probably never been a symphonic debut as audacious as that of Gustav Mahler in his First Symphony. Becoming Mahler In the 130 years since it was written, this work has become...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 17, 2019 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
On the 19th of May, Colorado MahlerFest will give the world premiere of the new Critical Edition of Mahler’s First Symphony being published by Breitkopf & Härtel. It is the first attempt at a Critical Edition from outside the International Gustav Mahler Society in...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 28, 2019 | A view from the podium, Mahler
Tuesday 2 April at 7:30 Orchestra of the Swan Stratford Playhouse David Matthews Winter Remembered Mahler Symphony No.10 (mvt 1 arr for strings) Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge Kenneth Woods conductor Carmen...
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