by Kenneth Woods | Jan 3, 2011 | A view from the podium, Repertoire Reports
We all have our annual New Year’s traditions, and Vftp International Headquarters is no exception. As we say goodbye to 2010, we gather our crack research team to assemble the yearly Repertoire Reports. Homeless conducting students get a free night in our...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2010 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Mahler, News and Reviews
To make the reading experience more engaging, we’ve linked to audio samples of the various musical examples discussed. Look for the highlighted text. Chances are, in most browsers a little box will pop up over the text where you can play the excerpt...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 29, 2010 | A view from the podium
Part II of Jacob Stockinger’s interview with me about the music of Hans Gal is now available at the Well-Tempered Ear. Read the whole thing there, but here is a sample of our discussion: “JS: Why is Gal worth rediscovering and performing? KW: The music has...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 24, 2010 | A view from the podium
The excitement of “Kenneth Woods Week” (I’m told it that I’d better not start thinking it’s Kenneth Woods week here at Vftp headquarters if I know what is good for me) continues @The Well-Tempered Ear with Part I of Jacob Stockinger’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 22, 2010 | A view from the podium
Last Friday’s Orchestra of the Swan performance of the Strauss Emperor Waltz and Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” and “Das Lied von der Erde” were prefaced by a wonderful and thought-provoking pre-concert talk by Mahler...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | A view from the podium
On tour with Ensemble Epomeo, Day 7 Yesterday morning, all that remained (after the stack of emails) was the final 100 miles or so to the Manchester Airport, a quick flight to Philly and concert at Penn. Hah! As we pulled away from the house, I heard an ominous noise....
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