by Kenneth Woods | Jun 24, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
1 AM. Bypassed immediate post-concert blog post in favor of a beer with the band. Back home at last, so just a few quick thoughts to end the day. Shostakovich- I think the message got through. No coughing at the end, instead complete silence as the orchestra really...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Intermission. Why am I doing this to myself? Interesting exercise in any case. So hot. I know I sound like I’m just being precious, but it really is hell in there. Nice crowd. Quite tepid applause after the Beethoven, but after a long silence, which means they got it....
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
Seven PM. Best thing about the Electric Theatre is that they have a great little café and bar. I had a fantastic mezze plate- lots of lovely homemade hummous, sundried tomatos, asparagus, fresh mozzarella and the like. I normally don’t eat before concerts, but if one...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2007 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
Just offstage after the second half of SMP dress rehearsal. God its flippin’ hot. It’s so hot that I’m not the only one sweating. Everyone’s sweating. I find it kind of a relief, since I’m always hot. Schumann went well. What a piece- it’s the sort of music that...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 23, 2007 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
This hall has wireless, so this is my first-ever mid-dress rehearsal blog post, which I thought would be an interesting exercise…. We’ve just finished the Shostakovich. We rehearse in a very loud, reverberant room, and this is a very dead, but clear hall. For the...
by Kenneth Woods | May 29, 2007 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
Think of the pianist and the piano….. I never thought I could be too sympathetic to instrumentalists who never have to worry about intonation.:) Deep down, most string players think pianists have it pretty easy in life, even if they do play a lot more notes than we...
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