by Kenneth Woods | Feb 5, 2012 | A view from the podium
Over the last five or six years, I’ve gradually been building up a rather nice library of orchestral parts, all marked with my bowings and any special requests (such as “on the string”: I haven’t yet tried writing in things like “stop glaring,...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
From the February 3, 2012 Surrey Advertiser: Surrey Mozart Players on top form for Electric Theatre performance Those who ventured out to the Electric Theatre last Saturday were in for a real treat. The Surrey Mozart Players under their charismatic conductor Kenneth...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 4, 2012 | A view from the podium
One might think that having a blog would mean never having to bottle up a rant. Sadly, I’ve found that the opposite is true- when you never know who (if anyone) is reading or why, it’s best not to carelessly let fly with whatever is bothering you. Better to save the...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 26, 2012 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans
What follows is a bit of a treasure. It is an interview with Hans Gál, done in 1971. It is unknown who the interviewer was, or if , when and where it was published. Nevertheless, it contains some of Gál’s most extensive commentary on his own creative work, his...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 26, 2012 | A view from the podium
How music speaks to power? The doubtful legacy of Theodor Adorno Readers of this blog will know that Ken is a great enthusiast for composers like Shostakovich, Sibelius, Elgar and Schumann – among many others. His taste is catholic, and he is even open to...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 20, 2012 | A view from the podium, Lists
C major. The white keys on the piano. The Symphony has been good to C major, and C major has been good to the symphony, even though there are no Brahms, Mahler or Bruckner symphonies officially in C. Brahms 1 ends in C major (as does Beethoven 5 and Bruckner’s...
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