by Kenneth Woods | Oct 22, 2009 | A view from the podium
Every concert has its drama. Not long ago, the drama was a plague of flies, which, last I heard, were still annoying the citizens of swish Altrincham. As I drove into Pendleton yesterday, I was struck by the vast devastation of the outer reaches of the city. The whole...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 22, 2009 | A view from the podium, Nuts and bolts
For some strange reason, my blog post “Haydn-More Talented Than Mozart” has left some readers with the impression that I somehow don’t get or don’t like Mozart. Far from it- in fact, those who pay attention to these sorts of things will no doubt have noticed that...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 22, 2009 | A view from the podium
Mozart’s Paris Symphony was the first work I conducted with the Oregon East Symphony. Here is a somewhat pained description of the difficulties of rehearsing what I had thought was a relatively straightforward classical work- “I was exceedingly anxious at rehearsal,...
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