by Kenneth Woods | Jul 7, 2012 | A view from the podium
July 7 is Gustav Mahler’s birthday- the great man would have been 152 today, which would be a great age even for Elliott Carter. However, there’s no more pro-Mahler blog in the blogosphere than VFTP, so we’re celebrating his birthday by offering a...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
“The first rule of Mahler 9, is that you do not talk about Mahler 9” June 26, 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the premiere of Gustav Mahler’s 9th Symphony. Bruno Walter conducted the Vienna Philharmonic- Mahler had been dead a little over a year. On...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 3, 2012 | A view from the podium
The response to my post calling for reform to the American orchestral audition system has been pretty exciting to behold. Saturday was, to the best of my knowledge, the busiest day ever for our VFTP servers. Thanks to everyone who commented and tweeted, and a special...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 2, 2012 | A view from the podium
Reflections on Debussy: East and West in meaningful dialogue Peter Davison ponders the recent Reflections on Debussy series at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall, discovering what its creative dialogue between East and West might tell us about the state of...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 2, 2012 | A view from the podium
It’s out! Available from Amazon.com here Available direct from Orchestra of the Swan here Listen to samples: About the disc: James Nyoraku Schlefer’s Haru no Umi Redux is a distinctive version of the famous duo Haru no Umi by koto master Michiyo Miyagi a...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 28, 2012 | A view from the podium
“Give me success or take this desire away from me. One of the two.” There is an article from Boston Magazine currently making the rounds of various musician friends’ and colleagues’ Facebook and Twitter feeds. Called simply “The...
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