Category: Music
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Kenneth Woods, the conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra, joined me to play and discuss some marvelous music he has recently recorded. Ken plays music by the British composers Matthew Taylor and Philip Sawyers.
These new words by Matthew Taylor and Philip Sawyers both demonstrate the tradition we call ‘classical music’ remains vitally alive.
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Conductor Ken Woods joins me to discuss Mahler’s 9th Symphony.
Ken Woods plays and discuss excerpts from Mahler’s 9th Symphony including some from his own recording with the English Symphony Orchestra. Few pieces of music are more powerful in depicting the searching bewilderment of the early 20th Century.
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Guy Rickards plays and discusses the early symphonic works of the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius.
We discuss the amazing facility of the young Sibelius, his ability to utilize the capacities of a large orchestra. Thanks, Guy! We will be exploring all his later symphonies on future shows.
Deal W. Hudson 