by Kenneth Woods | Mar 15, 2011 | A view from the podium
One of my favorite guessing games this year is “who will be the next Mahler?” The goal of this game is not to decide whether Schoenberg or Shostakovich was Mahler’s true musical heir (it’s likely they both thought they were). Rather, the question is over which...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 14, 2011 | A view from the podium
I’m a little frustrated that I haven’t had a chance to post in what looked on the calendar like a quiet week. This is often the case- a week without a concert ends up with so much off-the-podium activity crammed in that it feels even busier. Just as by a quirk of...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 8, 2011 | A view from the podium
I did a short interview with the Orchestra of the Swan media team yesterday in preparation for the orchestra’s Spring Sounds Festival May 27-29. I’m conducting Copland’s Rodeo and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on the first concert and they asked...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 7, 2011 | A view from the podium
Volume One of our survey of the symphonies of Bobby Schumann and Hans Gal is getting tantalizingly close to reality. The disc itself is in editing as I write this, and the cover has now been added officially to Avie’s upcoming releases catalogue. It’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 3, 2011 | A view from the podium
Regular Vftp readers will have read before about my colleague at the Wrexham Symphony Orchestra, Nigel Hughes. Nigel is the orchestra’s principal trombonist. He is also blind. (He also designed the orchestra’s excellent website). The fact that someone can play...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 1, 2011 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts
I was on my way to work over the weekend when I heard an extended interview with violinist Daniel Hope on BBC Radio 3’s “CD Review.” Mr Hope and host Andrew McGregor were discussing Daniel Hope’s new album, “The Romantic Violinist,” a tribute to the musical legacy of...
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