by Kenneth Woods | May 4, 2014 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
Gál: Symphony No.2 in F Op.53 ‘The personal experience which is always expressed in music is very deeply buried in one’s own consciousness. One doesn’t know. One never knows.’ Hans Gál Hans Gál was born in 1890 just outside Vienna, where he studied with Richard Robert...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 14, 2014 | A view from the podium
A review from the popular “Classical Candor” blog of volume four in the Orchestra of the Swan’s survey of the complete symphonies of Robert Schumann and Hans Gál. Read the original here. “Gal’s First Symphony is relatively brief, about...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 9, 2014 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
A few years ago, Julian Johnson’s excellent book “Mahler’s Voices” had been languishing on various bookshelves here in an embarrassingly half-read state. Eventually, with a performance of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony on the horizon, I began skimming through...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 19, 2014 | A view from the podium, Piano, pianists and pianism
This weekend, I’ll be playing the marvelous transcription of the Goldberg Variations made for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky at the Harborough Music Collective with violinist David Le Page and violist Carmen Flores. Coffee Concerts take place...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 11, 2014 | A view from the podium
Dear Sir As you were the 19-year-old 2nd trumpet player who last year (or the year before? Was it 2007? Let’s keep it vague, shall we?) who offered me his candid advice (“Ken? Can you, um, speed it up a little”) on one of the key tempi in a piece a...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2014 | A view from the podium
Hi everyone Today is the BIG day. After a nearly-five-year journey, volume four in our series of the complete symphonies of Robert Schumann and Hans Gál hits the stores today. The CD is now available to order, stream and download from fine retailers in most...
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