by Kenneth Woods | Jul 10, 2006 | A view from the podium
This was always one of my favorite songs to play as a guitarist, back in the day. Thank god for youtube. Check it...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 9, 2006 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Had an absolutely wonderful day with my friends in the Lancashire Chamber Orchestra. The LCO was founded as an orchestra for string teachers in the region to have an opportunity to perform string and chamber music repertoire at a very high level, and so they have a...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 8, 2006 | A view from the podium
Blogs are a somewhat clumsy place to talk about things that really matter, but I want to go on record as wishing a speedy recovery to one of my favorite colleagues, David Gedge, who collapsed tonight during a performance of The Creation in Brecon. I know an awful lot...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 8, 2006 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
So, back to sustaining…. We talked in some detail about one small bit of Beethoven, and some of what we had to understand in order to begin shape the sound to make the music sound as alive, vibrant, intense and directed as the composer wants it to sound. For the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2006 | A view from the podium
Hi readers- Just a word of encouragement to any of you who’ve thought about commenting on something and haven’t. I have had conversations with a number of you at rehearsals where you’ve said things like “I was going to write a comment saying...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2006 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Nuts and bolts
Very briefly…. My favourite moment in the second movement of Beethoven 3 is bars 157-159 (just after letter E), when we hear a very soft, very high a-flat in the first violins, followed by a very loud, very low a-flat in the celli and basses, then a very loud a-flat...
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