by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2026 | A view from the podium
Read the original here JANE EYRE Arcola Theatre ★★★★★ “at once powerful and raw while remaining refined and focused” Green Opera’s production of John Joubert’s Jane Eyre turns the best parts of opera into a phenomenal work of art. I strongly encourage...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 2, 2026 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
By Julia Gaß Dortmund. Brahms is a focus of the first season under Dortmund’s General Music Director Jordan de Souza. The performance of all four Brahms symphonies on April 28 and 29 complemented the Violin Concerto in the fifth Philharmonic Concert on Tuesday...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2025 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Boy, I am excited about this season! powered by Advanced...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 3, 2025 | A view from the podium
The classical music community was rather endearingly shocked earlier this past autumn to learn that a man who has at least twice been known to allegedly assault colleagues may not be a very nice person. [NB. I’ve never met Maestro Gardiner and, like many, I...
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...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 16, 2024 | A view from the podium
I had the pleasure this week of reading a recent essay by the cultural historian Joseph Horowitz called “Three Who Quit,” a moving meditation on the later-life silences of Elgar, Ives and Sibelius. Joe and I will be recording a podcast on the topic later this week, so...
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