by Kenneth Woods | Sep 15, 2020 | A view from the podium
I was deeply saddened today to hear of the passing of composer Paul Méfano. He died today at the age of 83. Méfano was the founder of the well-known French contemporary music ensemble, Ensemble 2e2m. As a composer and former pupil of Messiaen, we was in the very thick...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 14, 2020 | A view from the podium
So today, I have to give a big shout-out to my dad, Claude Woods. Pop retires today from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he has served on the faculty of the Chemistry Department as Professor of Chemistry for 53 years. Fifty-three years! My dad is too...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 14, 2020 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Philip Sawyers – Symphony No. 4, Hommage to Kandinsky (NIMBUS)Rated 5.00 out of 5 £12.00 The prolific and erudite Twitter commentator, Adam Philp, AKA “The Symphonist”, has dedicated an extensive thread to celebrating the music of Philip...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 26, 2020 | A view from the podium
This article was originally written for the Catholic Herald Next time you are listening to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or Mahler’s Second, imagine what it would have been like to be there for the first performance. Imagine the excitement of buying a ticket to...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 23, 2020 | A view from the podium
Re-blogged from the Colorado MahlerFest website. During the Mahler anniversaries of 2010-11, Norman Lebrecht published a book called Why Mahler? Now, as then, even the most fervent Mahlerian might well ask of any book on this subject, “Why Another Book About Mahler?”...
by Kenneth Woods | Apr 22, 2020 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score
This essay was written for the launch of the now hugely- disrupted English Symphony Orchestra celebrations of Beethoven’s 250th birthday ahead of wonderful performances of the 7th and 8th Symphonies in January and early February. I hope we’ll all be...
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