by Kenneth Woods | Apr 7, 2011 | A view from the podium
“The Mahler is a joy from start to finish” Colin Anderson, International Record Review My colleague David Curtis’ disc of the Erwin Stein version of Mahler 4 gets a lovely and well-deserved write up in International Record Review this month from...
by Kenneth Woods | Mar 8, 2011 | A view from the podium
I did a short interview with the Orchestra of the Swan media team yesterday in preparation for the orchestra’s Spring Sounds Festival May 27-29. I’m conducting Copland’s Rodeo and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on the first concert and they asked...
by Kenneth Woods | Feb 2, 2011 | Mahler, Music and Media, News and Reviews
Mahler is in the air today- I’m on way to rehearsal this evening, and what should I find on my daily check of Norman Lebrecht’s Slipped Disc but a mention of the very concert I’m conducting here in Wrexham The American conductor Kenneth Woods is...
by Kenneth Woods | Jan 30, 2011 | A view from the podium, Music and Media, News and Reviews
There is a very nice piece in the current issue of Classical Music magazine on music of Hans Gal and our current efforts to get his music on disc. Click on the scan below to see a full sized (and easier to read) version. Regular Vftp readers will know that the first...
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,...
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