{"id":1186,"date":"2008-09-28T17:10:10","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T00:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2008-09-28T17:13:55","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T00:13:55","slug":"ode-to-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/28\/ode-to-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"ode to joy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In one of my recent posts, I happened to say that I didn’t care for the Ode to Joy from the finale of Beethoven’s Ninth symphony.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I’ve reconsidered that stance a bit.<\/p>\n

I still don’t do cartwheels over the long initial statement of the theme in the celli and basses, then the violas.\u00c2\u00a0 I think it just has something to do with overexposure.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s not Beethoven’s fault.<\/p>\n

I do happen to love the triumphant verse with the entire choir singing “Joy, beautiful spark of God\/Daughter of Elysium” at maximum volume while the strings play their counterpoint of eighth-notes and the brass interject their contributions.\u00c2\u00a0 Gives me chills every time!<\/p>\n

It’s pretty hair-raising, especially the two bar crescendo that leads up to the roof being blown off the place.\u00c2\u00a0 It must have been something to hear for the first time.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s no wonder it took Brahms over 30 years to have the guts to write his First symphony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In one of my recent posts, I happened to say that I didn’t care for the Ode to Joy from the finale of Beethoven’s Ninth symphony.\u00c2\u00a0 Well, I’ve reconsidered that stance a bit. I still don’t do cartwheels over the long initial statement of the theme in the celli and basses, then the violas.\u00c2\u00a0 I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[148,115,2],"tags":[501],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-beethoven"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-j8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13129,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/12\/29\/beethoven-with-a-side-of-laugh-in\/","url_meta":{"origin":1186,"position":0},"title":"beethoven with a side of laugh-in","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 29, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, our break is over, and the Oregon Symphony is getting back in to the new year by playing in both the wading pool and the deep end all at the same time. 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