by Kenneth Woods | Nov 22, 2011 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
The metronome mark problem. If you’ve been reading the classical music press over the last month or so, you would swear up and down that the great Riccardo Chailly had personally discovered the metronome markings in the Beethoven symphonies. Not so! It turns...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 24, 2011 | A view from the podium
“A unique personality whose fatal flaw lay in his uncompromising belief that music and art must be kept apart from politics, a conviction that transformed him into a tragic figure.” Publisher’s blurb for The Devil’s Music Master: The Controversial Life and...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 19, 2011 | A view from the podium
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by Kenneth Woods | Oct 19, 2011 | A view from the podium
It’s been an exceptionally busy time here at Vftp International Headquarters, and, as usual, there is a lot more going on than just the current concerts. On Monday night, while looking after sick toddlers and recovering from an exhausting weekend of concerts and...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 13, 2011 | A view from the podium
UPDATE The program is now available online via the PT website here. Click on Hour 2. Very exciting news from American Public Media! Performance Today to broadcast lost symphony by Hans Gál Public Radio’s flagship live classical music program,...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 13, 2011 | A view from the podium
The Pro Arte String Quartet was the first string quartet I ever heard as a young musician growing up in Madison, Wisconsin. The ensemble, in its many incarnations has been based there at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music since it took up the...
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