by Kenneth Woods | Dec 2, 2010 | Explore the Score
Of course, reading about music you’ve never heard (and this piece hasn’t been heard here in 55 years), can be off-putting. After all, much as I may try to describe what is going on in the score, you don’t yet know how it sounds. Here is where...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 26, 2010 | Mahler, News and Reviews
“Mahler of quite exceptional quality” Civic Hall, Stratford upon Avon 26 November 2010 by John Wheeler “On Friday at the Townsend Hall, in Shipston, we were treated to a concert of quite exceptional quality, entitled ‘Essential Mahler’ in which the...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 22, 2010 | A view from the podium
Last Friday’s Orchestra of the Swan performance of the Strauss Emperor Waltz and Mahler’s “Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen” and “Das Lied von der Erde” were prefaced by a wonderful and thought-provoking pre-concert talk by Mahler...
by Kenneth Woods | Nov 13, 2010 | Performing Life
In London with the New Queen’s Hall Orchestra, and on tour with Ensemble Epomeo About ten days ago, last Wednesday evening I believe it was, I found myself in a surprisingly nice London hotel room trying to think of a metaphor. I knew that when I woke up the...
by Kenneth Woods | Oct 22, 2010 | Music and Media, News and Reviews
My colleagues at Orchestra of the Swan kicked off their 3rd season as resident artists at Town Hall Birmingham with a bang this week. Coming up next for OOTS is the Finzi Clarinet Concerto with Sarah Williamson, conducted by David Curtis on the 16th and 17th of...
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