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Kenneth Woods is a conductor, composer, cellist, arranger and author.
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Essays on three new works by British composer Philip Sawyers - his Third Symphony, Songs of Loss ... more Essays on three new works by British composer Philip Sawyers - his Third Symphony, Songs of Loss and Regret and Fanfare as they appear on the Nimbus Records recording of the three works.
Liner notes for the Avie Records recording of Donald Fraser's orchestration of the Elgar Piano Qu... more Liner notes for the Avie Records recording of Donald Fraser's orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor for symphony orchestra and his arrangement of Elgar's song cycle "Sea Pictures" for SATB chorus and Strings. Released as AV2362 in 2016
Performers
English Symphony Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Rodolfus Chamber Choir
Kenneth Woods - conductor
NI6374
Essays on four new works by Philip Sawyers Violin Concerto The Valley of Vision, tone poem for o... more Essays on four new works by Philip Sawyers
Violin Concerto
The Valley of Vision, tone poem for orchestra
Concerto for Trumpet, Timpani and Strings
Elegiac Rhapsody in Memory of John McCabe
Written for liner notes for Nimbus CD
NI6374
Recording produced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox-Gál Publishers: N. Simrock (1 -3); Lengnic... more Recording produced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox-Gál Publishers: N. Simrock (1 -3); Lengnick (4); Sikorski (5 -8) Photos pages 8-9, 16-17 by Simon Fox-Gál Cover painting by Paul Martinez-Frias Cover design by Paul Marc Mitchell for WLP Ltd. Design and layout by Hugh O'Donnell P 2018 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by
Avie Records, 2012
‘Chamber music, as the most intimate form of expression, is the realm to which the musician repea... more ‘Chamber music, as the most intimate form of expression, is the realm to which the musician
repeatedly returns in order to retain the link with the essence of things. In a duo, trio or quartet,
independent individuals converse with one another. The musical symbol for this process is
polyphony: the most perfect and most transparent form of polyphony is three voices; for that reason
I have always had a special liking for the trio as the noblest medium of polyphony.’
Hans Gál, 1948
Essays on three new works by British composer Philip Sawyers - his Third Symphony, Songs of Loss ... more Essays on three new works by British composer Philip Sawyers - his Third Symphony, Songs of Loss and Regret and Fanfare as they appear on the Nimbus Records recording of the three works.
Liner notes for the Avie Records recording of Donald Fraser's orchestration of the Elgar Piano Qu... more Liner notes for the Avie Records recording of Donald Fraser's orchestration of the Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor for symphony orchestra and his arrangement of Elgar's song cycle "Sea Pictures" for SATB chorus and Strings. Released as AV2362 in 2016
Performers
English Symphony Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Rodolfus Chamber Choir
Kenneth Woods - conductor
NI6374
Essays on four new works by Philip Sawyers Violin Concerto The Valley of Vision, tone poem for o... more Essays on four new works by Philip Sawyers
Violin Concerto
The Valley of Vision, tone poem for orchestra
Concerto for Trumpet, Timpani and Strings
Elegiac Rhapsody in Memory of John McCabe
Written for liner notes for Nimbus CD
NI6374
Recording produced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox-Gál Publishers: N. Simrock (1 -3); Lengnic... more Recording produced, engineered and edited by Simon Fox-Gál Publishers: N. Simrock (1 -3); Lengnick (4); Sikorski (5 -8) Photos pages 8-9, 16-17 by Simon Fox-Gál Cover painting by Paul Martinez-Frias Cover design by Paul Marc Mitchell for WLP Ltd. Design and layout by Hugh O'Donnell P 2018 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by
Avie Records, 2012
‘Chamber music, as the most intimate form of expression, is the realm to which the musician repea... more ‘Chamber music, as the most intimate form of expression, is the realm to which the musician
repeatedly returns in order to retain the link with the essence of things. In a duo, trio or quartet,
independent individuals converse with one another. The musical symbol for this process is
polyphony: the most perfect and most transparent form of polyphony is three voices; for that reason
I have always had a special liking for the trio as the noblest medium of polyphony.’
Hans Gál, 1948