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...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 22, 2015 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Hear it live for the first time in 25 years on the 31st of January here. Idyllikon Four movements for small orchestra, Opus 79, (1958) Serenade, Badinerie, Sarabande, Villanelle Duration: 29” First performance: Vienna Radio, Aug. 1960 (Orchester des...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 12, 2015 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Satire
10- The tuning slide allows a trumpet player to adjust how sharp he or she is to the rest of the orchestra. 9 – Violinists invariably play sharp when they’re under pressure, which is always. This is why they tune their open strings higher than the rest of...
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