by Kenneth Woods | Jun 27, 2012 | A view from the podium
It was great to return to Mozart’s Symphony no. 36 last week after a long break since my last encounter with it. The last performance I was involved in was not, as they say, entirely satisfying, and sometimes the best thing for one’s relationship with a piece is to...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 18, 2012 | A view from the podium
Hi everyone For some time now, the “categories” and “tags” here at VFTP have not been working at all. The crack technical team at Portland Internetworks are hard at work on the problem, and have got them working, but it seems they will only...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 18, 2012 | A view from the podium
Robert Saxton’s 1992 trumpet concerto, “Psalm- A Song of Ascents” must be one of the most intense 19 minutes in music history. Sale! PSALM- CONTEMPORARY BRITISH TRUMPET CONCERTOS £12.00 Original price was: £12.00.£9.00Current price is: £9.00....
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 18, 2012 | A view from the podium
Re-blogged from the Ensemble Epomeo website ____________________________________________________________ ‘If I state that I was influenced by Schönberg, by that I wish to emphasize the fact that I am trying all the more to avoid the emptiness which is so...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 8, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
Klangfarbenmelodie, or “tone colour melody” is one of those 2 dollar words we all learned in undergraduate music history class. Simply described, in Klangfarbenmelodie, a single melodic line jumps from instrument to instrument, creating a more-or-less constantly...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 3, 2012 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Satire
London- Eyebrows were raised across the sporting world today when anonymous sources within the Olympic organizing committee revealed that athletes in the 2012 Games have been told to mime their events to a pre-recorded result and commentary. In the case of the...
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