by Kenneth Woods | Jul 8, 2024 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
What follows is an essay about my new Performing Version of Mahler’s arrangement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden String Quartet, premiered at Colorado MahlerFest in 2024. Schubert, Franz arr. Mahler/Woods – String Quartet in D minor (Der Tod und...
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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 | Jun 2, 2016 | Performing Life
I spent my May Day on a flight from London to Philadelphia this year, which isn’t much fun, but is certainly better than spending a flight from London to Philadelphia calling out “May Day!” I left home with a knot in my stomach and an ache in my heart- since our kids...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 19, 2013 | Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
It’s that time of year again, when musicians all around the world are taking another stab at Handel’s Messiah. For me, it means coming back to a piece I’ve done many times after a long-ish break. I didn’t always love Messiah. In fact, when I first encountered...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 13, 2012 | Performing Life
I feel a little sheepish about writing a blog post of my personal performing highlights from 2011. It could all-too-easily read like the notorious episode of Desert Island Discs when a famous diva picked all her own recordings. But that’s not what this list is about-...
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