by Kenneth Woods | Jul 25, 2010 | News and Reviews
From the August 2010 issue of The Strad Gál Violin Concerto op 39, Vioin Concertino op 52, Triptych op 100 Annette Barbara Vogel, violin Northern Sinfonia/Kenneth Woods Here’s a real treat: a pair of long-list violin concertos from that most fecund decade for the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 11, 2010 | News and Reviews
There is a new and perceptive review of the new Gal CD at Classical CD Reviews by critic Gavin Dixon here- ….Gál’s aesthetic is inherited directly from the tail-end of the Austro-German Romantic tradition. His musicbears many similarities with that of Franz...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2010 | News and Reviews
Peter Grahame Woolf writing for Musical Pointers Han Gal: Violin Concerto, Violin Concertino & Triptych for Orchestra. Annette-Barbara Vogel, Northern Sinfonia / Kenneth Woods …….The two concertante works for violin from the ’30s, excellently...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 22, 2010 | News and Reviews
Orchestra of the Swan’s recording of Finzi and Copland Clarinet Concertos, the Finzi Romance for Strings and the 13 Instrument version of Appalachian Spring on Somm Records is Classic FM’s CD of the Week. Tune in on Saturday, June 26 to “The New CD...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 22, 2010 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Colin Anderson writing in today’s Classical Source- ….There is something deceptive about Hans Gál’s music, the work of the long-lived (1890-1987), from Vienna to Edinburgh composer, whose output has been so well served by Avie. Gál’s other violin concerto,...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 10, 2010 | News and Reviews
Monday, June 14, 2010 The Stradivari Trust presents a charity concert in support of Motor Neurone Disease research. Chamber works including the Mendelssoh Octet and Trout Quintet and string orchestra selections including Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and the...
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