by Kenneth Woods | Jul 31, 2011 | A view from the podium
Hans Gal takes Texas by storm! Published today in the Dallas Morning news: a joint review of two discs featuring the orchestral music of Hans Gal. Last year’s recording of the Gal Violin Concerto, Concertino for Violin and Strings and Triptych for Orchestra with...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 23, 2011 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Today’s edition of All Things Considered, the greatest radio show on the planet (one thing I really miss about America is listening to ATC while driving and cooking), featured a review of the Orchestra of the Swan recording of Hans Gal’s Symphony no. 3...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 23, 2011 | A view from the podium
This is a follow-up to an earlier post on the Proms performance of Havergal Brian’s Gothic Symphony. You may find this post more interesting and coherent if you read that one first. ______________________________________________ Well, one week ago, if you had...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 18, 2011 | A view from the podium
As someone whose lifelong love affair with the music of Bruckner began at a dinner party where he was described as “Bruckner- yes that’s the one! The worst composer who ever lived!” it’s no wonder I would have a certain curiosity and sympathy towards Havergal Brian’s...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 17, 2011 | A view from the podium
So….. It wouldn’t have been too surprising if I had felt a little bit picked on the other day when a critic compared the noises I made while conducting Sibelius 7 to those made by a certain notorious women’s tennis champion: -Tension and momentum were impressively...
by Kenneth Woods | Jul 15, 2011 | A view from the podium
Celebrating the release of SOMM Recording’s new CD of Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder Eines fahrenden Gesellen, we begin a new series of essays and podcasts exploring Mahler’s Song of the Earth. You can explore Mahler’s masterpiece in...
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