by Kenneth Woods | Nov 15, 2009 | cello, Nuts and bolts
I suppose on of the main perks of a blog, for some the raison d’etre, is having a forum in which to rant about one’s little pet peeves. Given this facility, it’s a small wonder that I have not yet had a good little rant about one of my pet hates- fingerings in music....
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 22, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
For some strange reason, my blog post “Haydn-More Talented Than Mozart” has left some readers with the impression that I somehow don’t get or don’t like Mozart. Far from it- in fact, those who pay attention to these sorts of things will no doubt have noticed that...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 13, 2009 | Nuts and bolts, Performing Life
After a spring and early summer in which I felt every bit as much a cellist as a conductor (which was a nice feeling), my cello has been sitting in the case for an alarming number of weeks while we finished the summer run, took a vacation and I dealt with the...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 29, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
I take a certain perverse pleasure in the fact that there seems to be widespread confusion on exactly what my take is on Historically Informed Performance. Of course, my skeptical opinions on some well-known HIP-ster conductors (only one, really) are well documented...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 26, 2009 | A view from the podium, Haydn, Nuts and bolts
It was a fine evening of music with the SMP- Schumann and Haydn make for a very good pair anytime they appear on the same program together. Both criminally under-rated, both great inventors and innovators, both with supreme wit… On top of this, they both seem masters...
by Kenneth Woods | Sep 12, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
One piece on my desk this month is Brahms’ Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor. I fell in love with the piece as a young teenager when my parents bought an LP of Krystian Zimerman’s recording with the Vienna Philharmonic and Leonard Bernstein. The purchase of the record...
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