by Kenneth Woods | Mar 16, 2020 | A view from the podium
A question from a friend prompted a quip which amused us both enough that we thought I should share it on Facebook: Q: “So Ken, what are you going to do if everything gets shut down [for coronavirus]?” A: “Study [scores] like a m*therf@cker, and try...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 13, 2020 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Satire
A new study shows that introverts worldwide are actually kind of looking forward to the progression of the COVID-19 epidemic, so long as it results in a period of prolonged “social distancing.” “Of course, I worry a lot about people becoming ill as a result of this...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 16, 2019 | A view from the podium, Piano, pianists and pianism
Notes I wrote for the 6 CD Albany Records collection of live performances by the great American pianist, Howard Karp. These are proper live recordings – taken mostly from archival reel-to-reel 2 track tapes of Howard’s concerts in Madison and Urbana. Give...
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by Kenneth Woods | Dec 7, 2019 | A view from the podium, Not quite the news, Performing Life, Satire
NB – I have become aware in recent years of a special category of internet pedants who have made it their job in life to police the completeness and formality of the title of the work being discussed in the following post. Out of concern for their...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 14, 2019 | A view from the podium, Piano, pianists and pianism
Leonard Bernstein was fond of saying of his friend and mentor that Aaron Copland was almost two composers, almost two men: one the smiling, genial, public composer of Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kid, and the other, more severe figure, “a cross between Walt...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 27, 2019 | A view from the podium, Lists
They say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but that just won’t do for music. Surely there must a scientifically sound way of determining once and for all what the most beautiful openings are in the history of symphonic music? Well, here you go....
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