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Opera Review- The Telegraph on Jane Eyre World Premiere

Opera Review- The Telegraph on Jane Eyre World Premiere

by Kenneth Woods | Oct 28, 2016 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews

Joubert’s Jane Eyre is hauntingly intimate – review     April Fredrick sang the title role in John Joubert’s Jane Eyre    John Allison  27 OCTOBER 2016 • 1:43PM Christmas is coming, and choirs are getting ready to sing such perennially popular carols...
Kenneth Woods, conductor: Highlights of the 2015-6 Season

Kenneth Woods, conductor: Highlights of the 2015-6 Season

by Kenneth Woods | Aug 29, 2016 | A view from the podium, Headlines, News and Reviews

  MahlerFest Debut In May, Ken made his debut as the new Artistic Director of    Colorado MahlerFest , one of only two organisations in the USA (the other being the New York Philharmonic) to be awarded the Gold Medal of the International Gustav Mahler Society....
Musical Opinion on ESO/Korzhev/Woods Krenek Piano Concerti

Musical Opinion on ESO/Korzhev/Woods Krenek Piano Concerti

by Kenneth Woods | Aug 10, 2016 | News and Reviews

Robert Matthew-Walker in the July-September 2016 issue of Musical Opinion “The performances are exceptionally good, with Mikhail Korzhev proving a terrific virtuoso and highly sensitive musician. Indeed, at that level, it is hard to imagine these works ever...
CD Review- BBC Music Magazine on Gál and Mozart Piano Concertos with Sarah Beth Briggs and Royal Northern Sinfonia

CD Review- BBC Music Magazine on Gál and Mozart Piano Concertos with Sarah Beth Briggs and Royal Northern Sinfonia

by Kenneth Woods | Jul 6, 2016 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews

A fantastic review from Eric Levi for the recent Avie Records recording of Gál and Mozart Piano Concertos with Sarah Beth Briggs and the Royal Northern Sinfonia in the August, 2016 issue of BBC Music Magazine. “It’s something of a mystery as to why this...
CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Elgar arr. Fraser- Sea Pictures and Piano Quintet

CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Elgar arr. Fraser- Sea Pictures and Piano Quintet

by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2016 | News and Reviews

Critic Andrew Achenbach writes in the July 2016 issue of Gramophone Magazine. “To my ears, Fraser’s richly upholstered orchestration works a treat yet also manages to be astutely appreciative of the simmering passion and sense of loss that permeate this...
CD Review- BBC Music Magazine on Gál and Mozart Piano Concertos with Sarah Beth Briggs and Royal Northern Sinfonia

CD Review- Gramophone Magazine on Gál and Mozart Piano Concerti

by Kenneth Woods | Jun 17, 2016 | Bobby and Hans, News and Reviews

A new review in the July issue of Gramophone Magazine from Guy Rickards for Sarah Beth Briggs stunning new recording of piano concerti by Hans Gál and Mozart with the Royal Northern Sinfonia on AVIE Records Hans Gál- Piano Concerto and Mozart- Piano Concerto no. 22 in...
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