by Kenneth Woods | May 23, 2011 | A view from the podium, News and Reviews
Classical CD Reviews has up a new review by Gavin Dixon of the Orchestra of the Swan recording of Gal and Schumann 3rd Symphonies on Avie records. Each successive release of Hans Gál’s orchestral music fits another piece into the jigsaw, and yet...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 15, 2011 | News and Reviews
It’s great to see the granddaddy of classical mags waving the flag a bit for Hans Gal. This little shout-out comes from page 66 of the current issue, which you can see below. I’ve been listening to the first edits of the new Gal/Schumann disc this week,...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 11, 2010 | Performing Life
Recording Bobby and Hans with Orchestra of the Swan- the final concert…. With 1 hour and 34 minutes before the concert the musicians adjourned for dinner and rest, while I prepared for the pre-concert lecture. We had to set up a way of playing audio excerpts...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 10, 2010 | Performing Life
Day two of recording the 3rd Symphonies of Bobby and Hans. Part I here. We’d decided to maximize the overnight break, hence the early finish on Monday and late start on Tuesday. It gave more time for those musicians who commute to get home for a good meal and sleep,...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 10, 2010 | Performing Life
I’ve been enjoying my first couple of relatively quiet days at Vftp International Headquarters in some time. So much has happened in the last several weeks that I’ve been torn between wanting to do a whole bunch of blogging to take stock of all that experience and...
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