Comment on The Greatest Unloved Symphonies by Michael Cattermole
A mention must be made of the sole symphony, that in D minor (1938) by Aram Khachaturian’s wife, Nina Makarova. The last of its three movements contains an expansive, gloriously lyrical central...
View ArticleComment on Explore the Score: Robert Schumann: Symphony no. 3 in E-flat Major...
Do we know who conducted and played the first recording of Schumann symphony No. 3?
View ArticleComment on Only the Crappiest Thrive by Pablo Saelzer
Once again, reading Vftp left me inspired.
View ArticleComment on Special arrangements have been made by The Saxophones of Rome –...
[…] I’ve been thinking a little bit about the arts of arranging and orchestration. Conductor Ken Wood’s excellent blog’s latest article talks in detail about the merits and the legitimate reasons for...
View ArticleComment on The Greatest Unloved Symphonies by dieter
Fascinating. I’ve always loved the Bruckner 2, the Giulini Vienna Symphony recording is my favourite. ( Mind you, I love the 3rd as well. Bruckner, along with Bach and Beethoven is my favourite...
View ArticleComment on The worst conducting advice in the history of the universe by...
I know this post is two years old and I have been following you maestro since it came out. Everything I read in the post I agree with. Your thoughts on playing to the camera have been things I have...
View ArticleComment on The worst conducting advice in the history of the universe by Gary...
Great article. I am a University choral director conducting the most advanced choir in our department as one of my duties. How advanced are we ? Welll, for example, right now – our repertoire is the...
View ArticleComment on Performer’s Perspective- DLvdE. Why not this Mahler? by Mahler 9 |...
[…] Performer’s Perspective- DLvdE. Why not this Mahler? […]
View ArticleComment on The worst conducting advice in the history of the universe by...
I’m not trying to nit-pick here, as I know you’ve made the appropriate disclaimers and I agree with almost all of your statements. I do wish to say, however, that at first blush (and, like you,...
View ArticleComment on The worst conducting advice in the history of the universe by Charles
I haven’t read the comments before mine, so this may have already been suggested, but my reading of that pedagogue’s comment would be ‘nothing you do goes unnoticed, nothing you do should be...
View ArticleComment on Listener’s Perspective- Mahler 8, just the facts by Gregory Marsh
“Mahler does many things with his music, not least of which, he lets us all be kids again.” Did he really conduct a rehearsal of this symphony with a spoon? One more thing to add to the list of things...
View ArticleComment on Performer’s Perspective- Mahler 8, drama before the downbeat by...
I am excited to perform this symphony (my first time) next week. As a singer, I feel like my part is difficult. I can't even imagine all the work that is going on between choirs and orchestra and...
View ArticleComment on Obama announces support for exposition repeats in State of the...
I'm part of the 64%. Finally something I can agree with President Obama about!
View ArticleComment on Expert’s Perspective- Mahler 8, What is “the Eternal Feminine?” by...
It would be easy to oversimplify this symphony into a feminist vs. misogynist reading. Thank you for going beyond that. “Relating to another person depends on an understanding of what Goethe calls our...
View ArticleComment on Has social media turned music’s back to the audience? by Gregory...
Well said. And ironically, I just tweeted this.
View ArticleComment on What’s in a name? Depends on whether it’s the right name. by Paul...
I agree about the Brahms, but have some problems with your comment on Dvorak’s Quartet. The main problem is that this piece is far from being so utterly related to his experience of African-Americans....
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Comment on Classical CD and Ticket Sales Soar Following Arrest of Pothead...
I feel like I’m supposed to be like, “stay off my corner, man.” This was f*cking fantastic and hilarious.
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