by Kenneth Woods | Jun 20, 2015 | A view from the podium
The idea for this orchestration of the Brahms Piano Quartet in A Major, opus 26 came to me spontaneously in a flash of inspiration while I was coaching chamber music at the Ischia Chamber Music Festival in 2008. I vividly remember the bright blue sea and...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 18, 2015 | A view from the podium
I was not aware of what had just happened, but sometimes, it’s better not to know. Today my colleagues (Matthew Sharp, David LePage, Suzanne Casey and Catherine Leech) and I played a noontime recital as part of the English Symphony Orchestra’s Magna Carta 800...
by Kenneth Woods | May 18, 2015 | A view from the podium
This is a Reblog: Read the original official press release from MusicCo International UPDATE- A new interview as Ken speaks to Peter Alexander at Sharps and Flatirons here. Coverage from Norman Lebrecht’s Slipped Disc here: “The Colorado MahlerFest in and...
by Kenneth Woods | May 7, 2015 | A view from the podium
Next week the Berlin Philharmonic picks a new Chief Conductor. Hans Gál and Robert Schumann- Third Symphonies £12.00 There’s always bound to be curiosity about who is going to get the best job in any field of interest to the general public (there seems to be...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 23, 2015 | A view from the podium
Part of a series of vlogs exploring magical minutes in music history- here’s a quick look at the first few bars of the Agnus Dei from the Mozart Requiem. The ESO will be performing the Mozart Requiem on the 24th of April at St John’s Smith Square....
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 20, 2015 | A view from the podium
There’s no point in compiling a “worst orchestrators” list- the guilty parties would all be hopelessly minor and un-interesting composers. Far more interesting is to have a look at the who the great composers are who are most able to humble, wrong...
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