{"id":8142,"date":"2018-09-04T16:49:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-04T15:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2018-09-17T19:30:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T18:30:40","slug":"bbc-music-magazine-on-kens-orchestration-of-brahmss-piano-quartet-in-a-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2018\/09\/04\/bbc-music-magazine-on-kens-orchestration-of-brahmss-piano-quartet-in-a-major\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Music Magazine on Ken&#8217;s Orchestration of Brahms&#8217;s Piano Quartet in A Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8123\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-420x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a>High praise in this month&#8217;s edition of\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/classicalmagazine\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCNr7V9KjhGzvHapXWgeMObxLJe72gx6Zcpexg6vVbrwR8XLs7yw3Ex1BlOIGvAjgOLAedtwYVeCvClDONjIpcBDA_VSUXON9v6QBEiK2lb_8ccVQcMydBUsY5bTTiS2iYsvvwK5D7Yp5xjSLf95N48v2gkbPN20v4jANSK1TzX5RAJ7PrQJts&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=466438365514&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">BBC Music Magazine<\/a>\u00a0from Erik Levi for\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kennethwoodsconductor\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCNr7V9KjhGzvHapXWgeMObxLJe72gx6Zcpexg6vVbrwR8XLs7yw3Ex1BlOIGvAjgOLAedtwYVeCvClDONjIpcBDA_VSUXON9v6QBEiK2lb_8ccVQcMydBUsY5bTTiS2iYsvvwK5D7Yp5xjSLf95N48v2gkbPN20v4jANSK1TzX5RAJ7PrQJts&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=160315780685770&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Kenneth Woods, conductor<\/a>&#8216;s orchestration of\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Brahms\/114133458603190?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCNr7V9KjhGzvHapXWgeMObxLJe72gx6Zcpexg6vVbrwR8XLs7yw3Ex1BlOIGvAjgOLAedtwYVeCvClDONjIpcBDA_VSUXON9v6QBEiK2lb_8ccVQcMydBUsY5bTTiS2iYsvvwK5D7Yp5xjSLf95N48v2gkbPN20v4jANSK1TzX5RAJ7PrQJts&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=114133458603190&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Brahms<\/a>&#8216; Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major on\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NimbusRecords\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCNr7V9KjhGzvHapXWgeMObxLJe72gx6Zcpexg6vVbrwR8XLs7yw3Ex1BlOIGvAjgOLAedtwYVeCvClDONjIpcBDA_VSUXON9v6QBEiK2lb_8ccVQcMydBUsY5bTTiS2iYsvvwK5D7Yp5xjSLf95N48v2gkbPN20v4jANSK1TzX5RAJ7PrQJts&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=217060298308975&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Nimbus Records<\/a>. The August issue of BBC Music is on sale from all good retailers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Hopefully this new addition to the Brahms symphonic canon will get the widespread dissemination it certainly deserves!&#8221;<\/h3>\n<div class=\"woocommerce \"><ul class=\"products columns-4\">\n<li class=\"product type-product post-8122 status-publish first instock product_cat-cds product_tag-brahms-2 product_tag-brahms-sympmphonies product_tag-nimbus-records product_tag-orchestration product_tag-piano-quartet-in-a-major-opus-26 product_tag-world-premiere has-post-thumbnail shipping-taxable purchasable product-type-simple\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/product\/cd-brahms-piano-quartet-no-2-in-a-major-orchestrated-and-conducted-by-kenneth-woods-nimbus\/\" class=\"woocommerce-LoopProduct-link woocommerce-loop-product__link\"><span class=\"et_shop_image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail\" alt=\"CD: Brahms- Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major orchestrated and conducted by Kenneth Woods (Nimbus)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-420x420.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-744x744.jpg 744w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-570x570.jpg 570w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/NI6364_cover-285x285.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\"><\/span><\/span><h2 class=\"woocommerce-loop-product__title\">CD: Brahms- Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major orchestrated and conducted by Kenneth Woods (Nimbus)<\/h2>\n\t<span class=\"price\"><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-amount amount\"><bdi><span class=\"woocommerce-Price-currencySymbol\">&pound;<\/span>9.00<\/bdi><\/span><\/span>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;One of the most inspired moments comes in the middle of the slow movement, where the solo violin \u00a0and horn \u00a0soar above the rest of the orchestral accompaniment in a passage that points forward to the equivalent movement in the First Symphony. No less exciting is the enunciation of the opening motif for a quartet of horns in their highest register ( a passage you&#8217;d definitely want to hear played by the\u00a0<a class=\"profileLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ViennaPhilharmonic\/?fref=mentions&amp;__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCNr7V9KjhGzvHapXWgeMObxLJe72gx6Zcpexg6vVbrwR8XLs7yw3Ex1BlOIGvAjgOLAedtwYVeCvClDONjIpcBDA_VSUXON9v6QBEiK2lb_8ccVQcMydBUsY5bTTiS2iYsvvwK5D7Yp5xjSLf95N48v2gkbPN20v4jANSK1TzX5RAJ7PrQJts&amp;__tn__=K-R\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=320213934723089&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Vienna Philharmonic \/ Wiener Philharmoniker<\/a>), the delicate, almost Mendelssohnian string and woodwind exchanges in the Scherzo and the exhilarating Finale. Inevitably, Woods has had to make some compromises along the way. The mysterious piano arpeggios that punctuate the slow movement do not easily transfer to the orchestra. But Woods&#8217;s solution of sustained woodwind and string chords over a crescendo timpani roll brilliantly conveys the music&#8217;s menacing character.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Schoenberg&#8217;s fascinating orchestration of the G minor Piano Quartet certainly exemplifies the proto-symphonic dimentions of Brahms&#8217;s musical argument. Yet there are grounds for arguing that the expansively conceived A major Piano Quartet, written around the same period, is even more worth of being clothed in orchestral fabric. Kenneth Woods has grasped this nettle and produced an absolutely imaginative arrangement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0001-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8143\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0001-cropped-420x721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0001-cropped-420x721.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0001-cropped.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0002-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8144\" src=\"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0002-cropped-420x1708.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"1424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0002-cropped-420x1708.jpg 420w, https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BBC-Music-Magazine-August-2018-Brahms-Review0002-cropped.jpg 578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2018\/09\/04\/bbc-music-magazine-on-kens-orchestration-of-brahmss-piano-quartet-in-a-major\/\" send=\"false\" layout=\"box_count\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High praise in this month&#8217;s edition of\u00a0BBC Music Magazine\u00a0from Erik Levi for\u00a0Kenneth Woods, conductor&#8216;s orchestration of\u00a0Brahms&#8216; Piano Quartet no. 2 in A major on\u00a0Nimbus Records. The August issue of BBC Music is on sale from all good retailers. &nbsp; &#8220;Hopefully this new addition to the Brahms symphonic canon will get the widespread dissemination it certainly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[198,44,1221],"class_list":["post-8142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsandreviews","tag-brahms","tag-kenneth-woods","tag-piano-quartet-in-a-major"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8142"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8176,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142\/revisions\/8176"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}