by Kenneth Woods | Nov 9, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I’m just grabbing a bite of tasy polenta before my final recital rehearsal this afternoon. After about 40hours in transit, I finally made it to Pendleton yesterday morning, fresh as a daisy. Nipped up to the office and grabbed my axe and managed a tidy 45 minutes of...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 8, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
From the “life’s little hassles” file…. Just as I was posting my last blog, I looked up and saw the last thing any weary traveler wants to see AFTER a trans-Atlantic, which is “flight cancelled” next to the last leg of your journey…. I’m a little bummed out, but it...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 8, 2007 | A view from the podium
First, my apologies to anyone who has been unable to access the blog the last couple of days- my webhost seems to be having some kind of major technical problems, apparently this is a widespread problem. Anyway, it’s being worked on, and in the meantime, I am sorry it...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 8, 2007 | A view from the podium
I write this morning from the warm confines of the KLM Elite lounge at Birmingham Intl airport. Perhaps the only perk of spending so much time traveling is that, every once in a while, the airlines throw you a tiny little biscuit, such as being able to use the posh...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 6, 2007 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Here’s a short excerpt of last week’s performance by the Rose City Chamber Orchestra of Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” quartet as arranged by Mahler and me. Without changing a single note of the work, Mahler’s version makes...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 5, 2007 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Guest Review for Surrey Advertiser Surrey Mozart Players (SMP) at Holy Trinity Church on Saturday 6 October 2007 Attending a concert by the SMP for the first time on 6th October I was most impressed by their performance under their conductor, Kenneth Woods; high...
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