This is a major release. McCabe’s cello concerto, a work of extraordinary construction and beauty, is one of his most important and compelling works...

Listen to Silent Spike on TIDAL

Listen to Organ Concerto in G Minor for Organ, Strings and Timpani, FP. 93: Allegro giocoso on TIDAL

Kenneth Woods has been on a decorated sonic adventure within the classical world as a conductor, composer and cellist operating across several decades. With more than fifty acclaimed releases and reco...

Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major, GMW 50 (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Klaus Simon) on TIDAL

Listen to Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major, GMW 50 (Arr. for Chamber Orchestra by Klaus Simon) on TIDAL

As a subscriber to a handful of Substack pages, I occasionally get automatically-generated emails offering a pick of recent pieces they think I will like. Today, that email suggested 3 really fantastic essays, including one which really stood out as quite special. All three ‘clicks’ today were well worth my time.

When Ken Woods and The Old Blue Gang release an album, "Silent Spike," it's not so much an album as the sound of the horse riders of the Apocalypse co

by Kenneth Woods | Oct 30, 2020 I pity pianists and I pity singers. The rest of us have the luxury of choosing the instrument which best allows us to express ourselves. I found my cello, a somewhat mo...

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YouTube video by Colorado MahlerFest

YouTube video by Kenneth Woods

YouTube video by Colorado MahlerFest

YouTube video by Colorado MahlerFest

It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

For decades, Kenneth Woods has been a name that conjures thoughts of meaningful artistic expression in the classical world. A conductor, composer and cellist celebrated by The Times, Gramophone and Fo...

It's time to change the laws around streaming services so that musicians get their fair share! Join me in signing to Musicians' Union petition to fix streaming!

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YouTube video by Kenneth Woods

I cannot think of a better conversationalist about music, and about the state of things musical today, than the conductor Kenneth Woods. Ken is an American based in the UK, where he conducts the En…

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshipping the ashes. - Gustav MahlerYour gift tends the flame of Mahler's music, igniting passion in future generations. Thank you your support!

Tradition is tending the flame, not worshipping the ashes. - Gustav MahlerYour gift tends the flame of Mahler's music, igniting passion in future generations. Thank you your support!

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Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs (chamber version by James Ledger) [...]

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Listen to Gunning: Symphonies No. 8 & No. 9 on TIDAL

Email from English Symphony Orchestra "...a haunting exploration of historical trauma cloaked in elegant musicianship." Euphony Stream it here on all major platforms A little home studio noodling we c

YouTube video by Ken Woods, guitarist

YouTube video by English Symphony Orchestra

YouTube video by English Symphony Orchestra

Ken Woods, conductor of the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), will perform with his blues rock band The Old Blue Gang at West Malvern Social Club.

English Symphony Orchestra The renowned English Symphony Orchestra return to Malvern Theatres with a rollicking programme celebrating the adventurous spirit of the 1920s. Erwin Schulhoff’s suave Suite for Chamber Orchestra […]