Strauss’s Emperor Waltz, Arnold Schoenberg and the Verein für musikalische Privataufführungen
As a name, “The Society for Private Musical Performances” may […]
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Kenneth Woods – An Illustrated Tour of Mahler 2
The Second Symphony was to be the highlight of MahlerFest XXXIII. […]
Kenneth Woods – Mahler Meditations for 18 May, 1911: KW on Why this 6 minutes of Mahler?
Part of a vintage series marking the 100th Anniversary of […]
Kenneth Woods – One Moment of Mahler 2
Kenneth Woods discusses how one chord in Mahler’s epic Second […]
Philip Sawyers “Hommage to Kandinsky”, An Exploration of the Score by Kenneth Woods
British composer Philip Sawyers is our visiting composer this season. There is […]
Kenneth Woods – Das Lied von der Erde, a composer’s rebirth
Join us for a complete performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von […]
Philip Sawyers on his Songs of Loss and Regret
As part of our online Lieder Concert on Thursday the […]
Kenneth Woods: Das Lied von der Erde, beginnings and endings, connections and contradictions
Join us for a complete performance of Mahler’s Das Lied von […]
“Vienna: city of dreams and nightmares”: Peter Davison on Schönberg’s Chamber Versions of Johann Strauss Jr. and Gustav Mahler
Written for a 2010 Orchestra of the Swan performance of […]
Peter Davison – Mahler Seeks the Earth’s Embrace
Here is a wonderful essay on Mahler’s engagement with nature, […]
Kenneth Woods on Schubert’s Piano Sonatas in C minor and B-flat Major
The first concert in our 2020 Virtual MahlerFest will be […]
Kenneth Woods in conversation with CPR Classical’s David Ginder – Mahler’s 2nd Symphony and Beethoven in our Time
MahlerFest’s Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, speaks with CPR Classical host […]
“Come! Raise yourself to the highest spheres” Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat by Peter Davison
“Come! Raise yourself to the highest spheres” Mahler’s Symphony No. […]
Wagner’s Walküre – Who are these people and how did they get here?
Re-blogged from A view from the podium Join us for […]
Book Review: Stephen Johnson, The Eighth: Mahler and his World in 1910
During the Mahler anniversaries of 2010-11, Norman Lebrecht published a […]