{"id":3776,"date":"2026-01-07T23:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/?p=3776"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:44:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:44:22","slug":"ur-kind-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/2026\/01\/ur-kind-of-music.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ur Kind of Music?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"988\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3778\" style=\"width:650px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-2-768x741.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>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 English Symphony Orchestra in Worcester and resides in Wales. He programs bravely and insightfully. He presides over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/2024\/05\/why-colorado-mahlerfest-matters.html\">a Mahler festival<\/a> in Boulder and an Elgar festival in Worcester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken just posted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a5Cl1S6U0PI\">our second podcas<\/a>t: \u201cIs This Ur Kind of Music?\u201d The starting point is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/uq\/2025\/12\/the-music-of-the-future.html\">my recent rant<\/a> about the music of the future, pondering the pertinence of Ferruccio Busoni\u2019s notion of a primal \u201cUr-Musik\u201d \u2013 and applying it to music by Sibelius, Busoni, Ives (his <em>Universe<\/em> Symphony) and John Luther Adams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To revisit our first, no-holds-barred \u00a0podcast, \u201cThe Making and Unmaking of Classical Music in America,\u201d click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zkNitc0zPtw&amp;t=6s\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 English Symphony Orchestra in Worcester and resides in Wales. He programs bravely and insightfully. 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