by Kenneth Woods | Jun 14, 2009 | A view from the podium
I knew it was going to be a busy summer, but having driven straight from my last trio concert to Logan and from Heathrow to my first SMP rehearsal, I guess I was expecting the day after the SMP program to offer the promise of a bit of peace and quiet, but I awoke...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 14, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
For nearly 130 years, there has been only one choice of edition of the final version of Schumann 4- the “Collected Works” edition of 1882, prepared by Clara Schumann, long available in a variety of reprint editions. The score is part of a Dover publication of all four...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
I have to say that, exhausted as I was coming to rehearsal from Heathrow after my flight back from Boston, I could hardly hide my glee as the SMP and I read the first movement of Schumann 4 on Monday night. It went so well, I almost complimented them, but that’s bad...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 9, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Surrey Mozart Players Saturday, June 13 2009 Holy Trinity Church Guildford Beethoven- Leonore Overture no. 2 Ginasterra- Harp Concerto Victoria Davies, harp Schumann- Symphony no. 4 in D minor (final version) What can I say- citizens of Guildford, get off your butts...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 7, 2009 | A future for music, A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
It is a fact of life that most organizations think of programming largely in terms of marketing. While almost all musical organizations have some desire to do interesting things, there is always a certain amount of pressure to focus on “getting an audience,” which...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 5, 2009 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Well, I’m on my way back to Philly after a busy two days in New York with Ensemble Epomeo. We enjoyed our chat with Carl at WKCR- it was fun but challenging in the studio. They have a larger space for recording ensembles, but had we been in there, it would have been...
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