by Kenneth Woods | Sep 15, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
This post is part two of a group that began here. I’m currently in rehearsals for a performance of the ever-popular Ravel orchestration of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. I doubt there’s any classical fan reading this who hasn’t heard this beloved warhorse...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 15, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
…. notation? * Back in Music History class we all learned how philosophers used to differntiate between “music of the spheres” and “practical music.” The now-quaint terminology masks a somewhat interesting and important differentiation that is actually an...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 4, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
From my inbox comes a nice question from Felicity in Colorado, which gives me a rare, and nice, chance to answer a cello related question. “Dear Ken,” she writes, “when you’re playing the Bach Suites, do you use a baroque bow or baroque cello, what sort of A do...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 21, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Yes, composition is analysis. Let’s start by remembering I didn’t say composition is only analysis. Take for a moment Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony, which I wrote about here. If one sits down and carefully analyzes the piece in its final form, you can’t help but be struck...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 20, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Sometimes the best lessons come to us when we haven’t had enough coffee. I’d been working late on the score of Mahler 4, which I’m conducting in October for the first time in three or four years. I’d been doing what conductors are trained to do- analyzing everything...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 7, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
At the end of the Rose City Workshop, I was presented with a list of the quotes of the week, most of which were mine, although a few were from Chris (marked as CZ in this list). David, being the wisest and most mature of us managed to stay off this list, which is...
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