by Kenneth Woods | Jan 14, 2012 | A view from the podium
Small-scale Choral Symphony draws large crowds Surrey Mozart Players – Holy Trinity Church – 19th November 2011 When Beethoven conducted the première of his Choral Symphony in 1824 to rapturous applause the forces deployed were not much different from those used in...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 5, 2012 | A view from the podium, Repertoire Reports
Up next- our first ensemble Repertoire Report from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Youth Orchestra. You can compare it with their 2010 report here. CBSO Youth Orchestra incorporating the Midland Youth Orchestra 2004 saw the launch of a new youth orchestra...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2011 | A view from the podium, Bobby and Hans, Explore the Score, Nuts and bolts
(First time using “Explore the score?” Just click on the hyperlinks within the text to hear the musical excerpts.) “Up to the present, however, Brahms has maintained his place as the “last classical composer,” for no one has yet come to replace him.” Hans Gál-...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2011 | A view from the podium
There’s a lovely mention of Orchestra of the Swan’s recording of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde in the current issue of BBC Music Magazine (in the Music to my Ears column, where distinguished musicians share their current listening items with...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 28, 2011 | A view from the podium
Has Classical Music anything to teach us about the current economic crisis? Why are people so disillusioned with contemporary living and its cultural norms? What can help us improve our quality of life? Peter Davison, Artistic Consultant to Manchester’s Bridgewater...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 22, 2011 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
The metronome mark problem. If you’ve been reading the classical music press over the last month or so, you would swear up and down that the great Riccardo Chailly had personally discovered the metronome markings in the Beethoven symphonies. Not so! It turns...
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