by Kenneth Woods | Feb 26, 2019 | A view from the podium
Here’s an attempt to comb through some of the threads which join together the four works on this weekend’s programme in Hereford’s beautiful Shirehall. Book your tickets here. Phone Booking 01905 611427 In person at the Huntingdon Hall Box...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 16, 2019 | A view from the podium
When John Joubert passed away this week (on January 7) at the age of ninety-one, he left behind a vast body of work, reaching to nearly 200 opus numbers, including seven operas, three Symphonies and four Concertos. If it is a source of frustration for those of us who...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 29, 2018 | A view from the podium
Ensemble Epomeo- Penderecki, Kurtág, Schnittke and Weinberg String Trio’s £12.00 “For its second disc – generously filled, and rewardingly programmed – string trio Ensemble Epomeo focuses on music composed in Eastern Europe and Russia in the late 20th...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 6, 2018 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
“Terrific music like this renews my faith in the symphony as a genre… a feeling of reconciliation worthy of the Mahler 10th.” From the March/April 2018 Edition of American Record Guide Philip Sawyers (1951- ) is patently a composer of no small gifts. His Symphony 3...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 16, 2018 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews
Ken’s most recent recording as a cellist with the Briggs Piano Trio, an Avie Records disc of trios by Hans Gál and Dmitri Shostakovich, has been awarded the coveted Gramophone Magazine Editor’s Choice for October 2018. Here is the review from critic...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 15, 2018 | A view from the podium
Thurs April 19th at 730 PM St John’s Smith Square CONDUCTOR Ives- Symphony No. 3 ‘The Camp Meeting’ Copland- Clarinet Concerto Jesse Jones- Smith Square Dances (world premiere, commissioned by the ESO & St John’s Smith Square) Piston- Sinfonietta...
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