by Kenneth Woods | Mar 21, 2008 | A view from the podium
Hi everyone- I usually eschew the autobiography here, but wanted to just put the happy word out that Samuel Miles Woods (our first) was born on Monday, the 17th of March at 5:30 PM. His Irish grandfather was very proud of him coming on St Patrick’s Day. ...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 17, 2008 | A view from the podium
I’ve decided to remove the discussion and comments from the individual segments of my interview with Gordon Downie, and to anthologize them all here in a single post. Regrettably, a few comments did not measure up to our house standards of civil discourse and have...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 15, 2008 | A view from the podium
It seems a bit of a bum deal to be the first piece on a program. If I was an overture, I would have serious jealousy issues. Often, the overture ends up being the best played piece on the program, and if it is a piece like Leonore 3, it might well be the best piece on...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 15, 2008 | A view from the podium
We’re on our break. Not many surprises so far, and most of the surprises are for the good. B5 is an especially hard piece to rehearse on the day of a concert, because it is very hard to “mark” it at all, especially for the strings- you often really have to go all out...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 15, 2008 | A view from the podium
Well- I’m here, live-blogging the final concert of the Guildford Spring Music Festival. It wasn’t by any means a foregone conclusion that I would be here- Suzanne is 11 days past her due date, and looked ready to burst at any moment this morning (more worrying she...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 15, 2008 | A view from the podium
For those of you who think that I am just picking on living composers when I stress the importance of easily readable materials (pace Kyle Gann), I thought I would pass along to Vftp readers our experience tonight with Schumann’s Genoveva Overture, which we are...
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