by Kenneth Woods | Jul 30, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts
You can call it the best program you’ve never heard in your life. You can call it the almost revelatory program that almost happened- what you can’t call it is the program for the final concert of the Harlech Orchestral Summer School, which I’m now preparing for....
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2010 | Nuts and bolts
No matter how well you know a piece, there is always the chance that one day, you will discover something that makes you re-think the entire work. Such a thing happened a few years back when I stumbled across this little bit of old radio with George Szell and the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2010 | cello, Nuts and bolts
It’s Bobby Schumann week on planet Earth, and all the nations of this blue planet are gathering their energies and chanting “Bobby, Bobby, Bobby” in honor of his 200th birthday. I’m celebrating the week by book-ending the week with performances of the Cello and Violin...
by Kenneth Woods | May 27, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts
I hope readers don’t mind me framing my thoughts about Mahler 9 in terms of conducting. It seems to make sense if for no other reason than the fact that Mahler 9 is at or near the top of many, probably most, conductors’ lists of works they want to conduct...
by Kenneth Woods | May 6, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts
Today we hear about the opening trumpet solo of Mahler 5 from the principal trumpeter of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Philippe Schartz. A former member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra and a regular collaborator with Claudio...
by Kenneth Woods | May 5, 2010 | Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts
For the next few days, interested listeners can hear the Radio 3 Broadcast of Mark Elder’s performance of Mahler 5 with the Halle as part of the Mahler in Manchester festival. Of course, Mahler 5 begins with one of the most difficult trumpet solos in the...
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