by Kenneth Woods | Sep 15, 2009 | Mahler, Music and Media, News and Reviews, Performing Life
Robin Rilette, Music Director of Northwest Public Radio, has been a very busy person this summer. One by one, she’s tracked down almost every conductor of every orchestra in the region, and has been getting to know them and their bands. Her series, “A Season of...
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 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...
by Kenneth Woods | May 16, 2009 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I’m back in the UK after a memorable week at the Ischia Chamber Music Festival in Italy. For me and my colleagues in Ensemble Epomeo, the focal point of the week was our concert on Thursday in the Church of Mary Magdeline in Cassamicciola. It’s a stunning church, and...
by Kenneth Woods | May 6, 2009 | A view from the podium, Performing Life
I’m feeling almost too busy to think this week, but I really, really wanted to share a few final thoughts on Shostakovich, Barshai and the op83a Chamber Symphony we performed in Guildford on Saturday. I’m generally very open to arrangements and transcriptions, as were...
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