RIP Christopher Gunning It was heartbreaking to learn of the death of Christopher Gunning, although I'd been aware he had been unwell for Should Wagner be Cancelled? As we prepare to perform Act 1 of Wagner's Die Walküre (Wednesday, May 18, 2023) there was a lot of REVIEW-Musical Opinion on MF XXXIV Colorado MahlerFest Orchestra / Kenneth Woods Macky Auditorium, Boulder, Colorado, USA, August 28th, 2021 Premiering a major addition to Review: AWE-INSPIRING THIRD SYMPHONY CROWNS MOST AMBITIOUS MAHLERFEST By Kelly Dean Hansen, freelance classical music writer For the journal of the Gustav Mahler Society of New York What Mahler Tells Me – The Theme of MahlerFest XXXV by Kenneth Woods | May 3, 2022 It’s that time of year again, when we can feel the rapid approach of Colorado MahlerFest. Peter Davison - Mahler's Ninth Symphony: personal valediction or Faustian transformation? Peter Davison was, for over twenty years, Artistic Consultant to The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester UK, where he created a high-quality classical Kenneth Woods - A deep dive into page 74 of Mahler's Fifth Symphony What can you learn about a piece by trying to understand what's happening on a single page of the score? “THE RETURN” - THE THREADS AND THEMES OF MAHLERFEST XXXIV Gustav Mahler’s road to professional and artistic success was not an easy one. He had spent nearly 20 years rising Podium Time - The Power of a Premiere Colorado MahlerFest Artistic Director Kenneth Woods made a guest appearance on the podcast Podium Time. In the hour-and-a-half-long episode recorded prior to Peter Davison - Freedom and Belonging: The Intertwining Lives of Gustav Mahler and Alfons Mucha Summary Gustav Mahler was born in July 1860 as a Jew in a German-speaking enclave of the Czech provinces. Just Man and Nature in Beethoven and Mahler Man and Nature in Beethoven and Mahler by Peter Davison ‘How can people forever think that Nature lies on the Peter Davison: Kurt Schwertsik and the Concept of Modernity in Transition Kurt Schwertsik and the Concept of Modernity in Transition Danube University Krems, Thursday 15 October 2020 Peter Davison ‘How Mahlerween Mayhem - The Scariest Moments in the Mahler Symphonies By Kenneth Woods It’s that time of year when our thoughts turn to ghosts, goblins, and ghouls as we approach The Official, Definitive, Ultimate, Real Top Ten Sexiest Moments in the Music of Gustav Mahler This blog post was updated in October, 2020 by Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods from his original version posted in April 2014. Guest Column for Harmonie Magazine – "Mahler in 2020" This blog was written in August, 2020 by Artistic Director, Kenneth Woods, for publication in the Harmonie Magazine - a sort 1 2 3 4 Next »
