by Kenneth Woods | Feb 13, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Mahler- Performer's Perspective
As a follow-up to my post on the volume level of the last note of the first movement of Mahler 5, I wanted to come back to the obvious parallel with the last note of the 2nd movement. The note in question is a single eighth-note a-natural on the timpani, marked...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 28, 2009 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
A Mahler V query from the mailbag- Question for your thoughts…8 bars before rehearsal 2 in movement 1 the trombones are marked “schwer.” However, that figure isn’t marked like any other time in the movement that I see. The insane stickler for...
by Kenneth Woods | Dec 15, 2008 | A view from the podium, Repertoire Reports
You can view the 2008 KW Repertoire report here, which lists every piece of music I’ve performed in the 2008 calendar year. I thought I would take advantage of the painstaking efforts of my research assistant, former Lehman Brothers Executive VP Flurp Van Doogle and...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 6, 2007 | A view from the podium, Favorite posts, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Here’s a short excerpt of last week’s performance by the Rose City Chamber Orchestra of Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” quartet as arranged by Mahler and me. Without changing a single note of the work, Mahler’s version makes...
by Kenneth Woods | Aug 21, 2007 | A view from the podium, Mahler, Nuts and bolts
Yes, composition is analysis. Let’s start by remembering I didn’t say composition is only analysis. Take for a moment Sibelius’ Fifth Symphony, which I wrote about here. If one sits down and carefully analyzes the piece in its final form, you can’t help but be struck...
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