by Kenneth Woods | Apr 19, 2015 | A view from the podium, Lists
At long last- the research has been completed, the results have been tallied. We can now say with absolute, factual certainty who the 15 greatest orchestrators of all time are. Check out the results, then let us know which ones you got wrong…. Er, we mean, let...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 11, 2015 | A future for music, A view from the podium
“Social media.” It’s a phrase we use so often that it’s easy to forget how uneasily the words “social” and “media” sit together. When I see the word “social,” I think of friends and family, of person-to-person contact. I think of the people with whom I share...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 6, 2015 | A view from the podium
The news that International Record Review magazine has been forced to stop publishing following the death of Barry Irving is a blow for everyone in the classical recording industry. I met Barry only briefly at a couple of CD launches. He struck me as a very...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 4, 2015 | A view from the podium
From the current issue of International Record Review. A wonderful magazine every music lover should subscribe to. Condolences to everyone there on the death of Barry Irving, the magazine’s founder and publisher, who died last month after a short illness ...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2015 | A view from the podium
Congratulations are most certainly in order to both Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony on the occasion of Sir Simon’s appointment as the LSO’s next Principal Conductor. I can scarcely imagine better news for either party or for music lovers across Britain. Given...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 27, 2015 | A view from the podium
Sale! PSALM- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH TRUMPET CONCERTOS £12.00 Original price was: £12.00.£9.00Current price is: £9.00. SIMON Desbruslais demonstrates his virtuosity in four fresh, vigorous and varied works by three British composers. In Deborah...
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