by Kenneth Woods | Dec 3, 2010 | News and Reviews
There’s a perceptive new review of the Gal Violin Concerti and Triptych disc at Amazon. “5.0 out of 5 stars Hans Gál’s music finally receives the recognition it deserves…, 13 Nov 2010 By J A Peacock for Amazon Hans Gál was born just outside...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2010 | A view from the podium, Explore the Score, Mahler, News and Reviews
To make the reading experience more engaging, we’ve linked to audio samples of the various musical examples discussed. Look for the highlighted text. Chances are, in most browsers a little box will pop up over the text where you can play the excerpt...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2010 | Explore the Score
Of course, reading about music you’ve never heard (and this piece hasn’t been heard here in 55 years), can be off-putting. After all, much as I may try to describe what is going on in the score, you don’t yet know how it sounds. Here is where...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 29, 2010 | cello, News and Reviews
Ensemble Epomeo has been playing Kile Smith’s beautiful new string trio, Thrice Blest, a lot this year. Kile has managed to come to a couple of our performances, including our concert at the University of Pennsylvania a few days ago. He’s written a...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 29, 2010 | A view from the podium
Part II of Jacob Stockinger’s interview with me about the music of Hans Gal is now available at the Well-Tempered Ear. Read the whole thing there, but here is a sample of our discussion: “JS: Why is Gal worth rediscovering and performing? KW: The music has...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 26, 2010 | Mahler, News and Reviews
“Mahler of quite exceptional quality” Civic Hall, Stratford upon Avon 26 November 2010 by John Wheeler “On Friday at the Townsend Hall, in Shipston, we were treated to a concert of quite exceptional quality, entitled ‘Essential Mahler’ in which the...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 24, 2010 | A view from the podium
The excitement of “Kenneth Woods Week” (I’m told it that I’d better not start thinking it’s Kenneth Woods week here at Vftp headquarters if I know what is good for me) continues @The Well-Tempered Ear with Part I of Jacob Stockinger’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 24, 2010 | Music and Media, News and Reviews
The Well-Tempered Ear has quickly become the official source for classical music news and reviews serving Madison, Wisconsin’s very diverse and vibrant scene. Jacob Stockinger was the arts and culture desk editor and the former features editor and former news and...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 22, 2010 | A view from the podium
Last Friday’s Orchestra of the Swan performance of the Strauss Emperor Waltz and Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” and “Das Lied von der Erde” were prefaced by a wonderful and thought-provoking pre-concert talk by Mahler...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | A view from the podium
On tour with Ensemble Epomeo, Day 7 Yesterday morning, all that remained (after the stack of emails) was the final 100 miles or so to the Manchester Airport, a quick flight to Philly and concert at Penn. Hah! As we pulled away from the house, I heard an ominous noise....
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life
On tour with Ensemble Epomeo- day 5 and 6 Wednesday morning I awoke with a sense of gleeful expectation, in spite of another raft of emails. Why? If you think I was looking forward to the concert, you guessed wrong. Longtime Vftp readers may have twigged that for me,...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life
On tour with Ensemble Epomeo, Day 4 Tuesday morning- our final, main concert at St Thomas was to be a noon recital, so there was just time for coffee, lots of stressy emails, scales, packing and the drive in to St Thomas before we met Wesley and Nadja at 10:30. As...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life
On tour with Ensemble Epomeo, Day 2 and 3 We set off early for New Brunswick, with over 300 miles to cover. We’d never done such a big trip as a trio before (the previous record was more like 2 or 3 hours), but it was a pleasant drive in good company. Somewhere along...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life
In London with the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, and on tour with Ensemble Epomeo About ten days ago, last Wednesday evening I believe it was, I found myself in a surprisingly nice London hotel room trying to think of a metaphor. I knew that when I woke up the...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 5, 2010 | News and Reviews
Full Review at “New Queen’s Hall Orchestra Gala Concert” “Reviewed by: Douglas Cooksey Rossini Il signor Bruschino – Overture Walton Facade: An Entertainment [selection] Andrew Divine, adapted and arranged Roy Moore Faith [first performance]...
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