by Kenneth Woods | Nov 8, 2015 | A future for music, A view from the podium, Music and Media
It’s not often that something from the New York Times Op-ed pages gets you thinking about music for children, but a blog post by Paul Krugman this week reawakened a line of thought that had been simmering away in my subconscious since the premiere last week of the new...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 2, 2015 | A view from the podium
It was the sort of revelation that will probably be denied to musicians of the post YouTube generation, because when you grow up in a world where a permanent visual record of just about everyone and everything is available instantaneously online, the shock of seeing...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 20, 2015 | A view from the podium
REVIEW by Spencer Allman The English String Orchestra at Hereford Cathedral THE English String Orchestra is contributing to a pilgrimage in honour of Edward Elgar. The musical journey through the West Midlands started on October 7 in Hereford...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 17, 2015 | A view from the podium
An extraordinary rave review from senior critic Christopher Morley for Donald Fraser’s orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet as heard in the final concert of the 2015 Elgar Pilgrimage “Two of the most exciting events I have experienced during a reviewing...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 10, 2015 | A view from the podium
For Immediate Release PERFORMANCES IN MALVERN, HEREFORD AND BIRMINGHAM COLLABORATION WITH ACADEMIA MUSICA CHOIR AND SINGERS FROM THREE CHOIRS FESTIVAL CHORUS WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCES OF NEWLY-ARRANGED ELGAR WORKS As the English Symphony...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 2, 2015 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news
Ex-trustfunder turned billionaire-blowhard-reality-show-junkie-cum-presidential-candidate Donald Trump waded into fraught cultural waters today with a speech in Vetterficker, Alabama during which he promised to “put an end to horn splits and fracks in my first 100...
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