by Kenneth Woods | Jun 2, 2017 | A view from the podium
This past Sunday afternoon, I conducted the ESO in a performance of Tchaikovksy’s String Serenade which marked the end of our main 2016-7 season. Between now and our return from the summer holidays, my colleagues are doing some fascinating chamber music concerts, the...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 19, 2017 | A view from the podium
That Allan Holdsworth died this week in relative poverty and obscurity (at least considering his enormous artistic legacy) is a sad but completely predictable sign of the times. I first encountered Holdsworth as an ambitious young guitar player. Even...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 11, 2017 | A view from the podium
ESO/Woods review – Pritchard’s vibrant violin concerto captures sound of the sea Bridgewater Hall, Manchester Kenneth Woods led the English String Orchestra through a strong programme of new work that included Deborah Pritchard’s concerto inspired by Maggi ‘s...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 10, 2017 | A view from the podium
John Joubert- Jane Eyre: An opera in two acts £22.00 Where does an opera really take place? Why, on the stage, I hear you say. Of course, that’s true, but not quite the truth. Der Rosenkavalier and The Magic Flute might take place on the same stage in the same...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 28, 2017 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
John Joubert’s musical language is original yet familiar, subtle yet direct. Firmly rooted in tonality, his harmonic vocabulary is highly sophisticated and personal, and he seems to have a particular knack for energising traditional harmonies through clashes,...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 22, 2016 | A future for music, A view from the podium
From the January 2017 issue of Musical Opinion Magazine. My manifesto explaining the thinking behind the 21st C. Symphony Project. Subscribe to the magazine here. On 28 February, 2017, the English Symphony Orchestra will premiere the Third Symphony by...
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