by Kenneth Woods | Jun 13, 2011 | News and Reviews
A new review by Michael Tumelty in The Herald, Scotland for the new Orchestra of the Swan recording of Das Lied von der Erde and Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, published 12 June, 2011. Orchestra Of The Swan Kenneth Woods, conductor Mahler: Das Lied Von Der...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 8, 2011 | Music and Media, News and Reviews
I had a nice chat a month or so ago with Jeremy Pound, deputy editor of BBC Music Magazine about what I’ve been listening to with particular interest of late. The results of that chat form part of the “Music To My Ears” feature in the July...
by Kenneth Woods | Jun 1, 2011 | A view from the podium
Erik Klackner, author of the interesting, even addictive blog “Everything but the Music” has run Part I of an interview we’ve done over the last couple of months. He’s also fulfilled one of my career goals, by labeling me a...
by Kenneth Woods | May 26, 2011 | Mahler
I read this review of a performance of Mahler 1 today: “Among the rare highlights were the impressively unisono Frère Jacques (played by the basses in tutti with just the right amount of dread)” Jens F Laurson, reviewing the London Symphony Orchestra playing Mahler 1...
by Kenneth Woods | May 15, 2011 | A view from the podium
Second post in our series marking the 100th Anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler, 18 May, 1911. Some time I ago I was working with a very fine singer on Mahler’s Der Abschied (“The Farewell”) from Das Lied von der Erde. We talked a lot about color, about...
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