Wilmslow Symphony Orchestra will be performing the fourth concert of its 64th season with popular conductor and cellist Kenneth Woods.
Hailed by the Washington Post as an "up-and-coming conductor" and a "true star" of the podium, Kenneth Woods has worked with many orchestras of international distinction including the National Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Northern Sinfonia and Budapest Festival Orchestra.
He has also appeared on the stages of some of the world's leading music festivals, including Aspen, Lucerne, Round Top and Scotia. His work on the concert platform and in the recording studio has led to numerous broadcasts on BBC Radio 3, National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Woods' unique gifts were widely acknowledged early on by some of today's leading conductors. In the spring of 2001, Kenneth Woods was selected by Leonard Slatkin as one of four participants in the National Conducting Institute at the Kennedy Centre. At the completion of the Institute, he led the National Symphony Orchestra in a debut concert, drawing great critical acclaim.
Kenneth Woods has conducted critically praised productions of operas from Britten to Puccini, and ballet scores as diverse as Giselle, the Nutcracker and Firebird. Woods' work as an active proponent of contemporary music includes collaborations with composers including John Corigliano, Krystopf Penderecki, Peter Lieberson and Oliver Knussen.
The programme for this fourth concert includes Dvorak: Nature, Life, and Love, Carnival Overture, In Nature's Realm, Othello Overture and Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 Leningrad.
It will take place on Saturday 9th April at 7.45pm in the Evans Theatre, Wilmslow Leisure Centre. Tickets, priced at £10, concessions £8, under 18s £2, are available from the ticket hotline on 01625 526 380, from Bang & Olufsen on 01625 527666 or at the door. More information can be found at www.wilmsloworchestra.co.uk.
