by Kenneth Woods | Dec 22, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
Judy, a young conductor in Baltimore, has looked up to Marin Alsop for many years “more because I love her programming and her passion for connection with audiences than because she’s also a woman,” so she’s assembled a repertoire report for Marin to see just how that...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 21, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
Shelly from St Louis has taken the initiative to organize Leonard Slatkin’s repertoire for 2009 based on the listing of programs on his website. Shelly writes that Leonard has been her favorite conductor ever since he did a memorable clinic with her youth orchestra...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 21, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
The marvelous Patricia Mitchell, oboist and blogger, has taken the bait and gathered the repertoire from her home orchestra. What follows is the 2009 repertoire for Symphony Silicon Valley from their main series, excluding pops and educational programs. This is a very...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 21, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
We thought it would be interesting to combine the repertoire reports from 2007-9 to see if there are any interesting trends which emerge. Each year tends to have its own quirks, but over 3, one should be able to get a pretty balanced sense of what my interests are....
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 20, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
David from Cincinnati has kindly taken up my suggestion, and collated Paavo Jarvi’s repertoire for 2009 based on the listing of programs on his website. David writes that after watching Paavo’s work for many years with the CSO he considers him his favorite conductor....
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 20, 2009 | Repertoire Reports
With Friday night’s Mahler 1 rehearsal done, my work year for 2009 is now complete. Actually, my conducting year is now complete- there are countless little admin projects to get to, bowings to do, programs to confirm, contacts to chase, soloists to engage and letters...
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