by Kenneth Woods | Sep 21, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Fantastic news- New UK air security regulations just announced DO allow musicians once again to bring instruments on board as carry-on baggage, subject to extra screening. A rare, but welcome, victory for common sense. KW ...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 21, 2006 | A view from the podium
From A.C Douglas at Sounds and Fury, a great discussion of the CBC’s coverage of Wagner’s Ring Cycle. My post of the day: “One might argue that Canada’s state-funded way of doing such things is inimical to our market-driven, private-capital...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 20, 2006 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Concert Announcement Surrey Mozart Players Kenneth Woods, Music Director Saturday, September 30 7:30 PMElectric Theatre, Guildford Sibelius- Varsang (Spring Song) Nielsen- Flute Concerto Katherine Baker, flute Sibelius Symphony No. 3 in C Major, op 52 Ken...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 20, 2006 | A view from the podium
“1907… During the next decade many composers would hear a voice summoning them to a leaner life. Sibelius heard it sooner.” Michael Steinberg c. 2006 Kenneth...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 18, 2006 | A view from the podium
This just in, as a follow up to my post and that of Alex Ross on Mahler’s salary as conductor of the New York Philharmonic— “In reply …, the salary proposed to Mahler by the Guarantors’ Committee of the New York Philharmonic in February-March 1911 for 80 to 90...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 17, 2006 | A view from the podium
I was very happy to read this article on Copland by Ivan Hewitt in the Telegraph this week. To say that American music has become less popular in the last few years in is something of an understatement, although I find that once in the concert hall, audiences respond...
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