{"id":12486,"date":"2013-02-21T16:53:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T00:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=12486"},"modified":"2013-02-24T15:09:52","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T23:09:52","slug":"angry-symphony-guy-strikes-again-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/21\/angry-symphony-guy-strikes-again-2\/","title":{"rendered":"angry symphony guy strikes again!"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Angry Symphony Guy (aka Classical Beaver, Brian Horay, Huffington Post guest blogger) posting at the Portland Mercury<\/em><\/a> arts listing pages:<\/p>\n

STEPHEN HOUGH, OREGON SYMPHONY<\/b>
\n(Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall<\/a>, 1037 SW Broadway) Chief cultural blogger for the Telegraph<\/i> of London.\u00a0Prodigious recorder of more than 50 albums.\u00a0MacArthur genius.\u00a0Theologian. Poet. Queer activist. Composer.\u00a0The guy wears a lot of (size 60) hats, but first and foremost: Stephen Hough plays piano and will forever and ever reign at the high altar of my personal pianoforte pantheon.\u00a0Our very own Oregon Symphony is thankfully hosting Mr. Hough on his latest visit to Portland\u2014this time ’round for a pair of concerts featuring the sometimes romantic, sometimes explosive, always kick-ass Piano Concerto No. 2 composed by Franz Liszt.\u00a0If Hough’s last appearance with the symphony was any indication, the pride of the Wirral Peninsula will be fueled by dark chocolate and British puddings, with his virtuosic wonders on full display as he gives all 88 keys the proverbial what-for.\u00a0Look, I realize the social calendar of most Mercury<\/i> readers has been full for weeks now, but c’mon… Fuck the cat show.\u00a0Fuck the unicycle convention.\u00a0Fuck the locally sourced paleo potluck.\u00a0Globally adored virtuosos like Stephen Hough don’t come to town every week, you know. Did I mention a Beethoven symphony is also on the program?\u00a0Bring a change of shorts (you’ll need ’em) and I’ll see you at the Schnitz, goddammit. ANGRY SYMPHONY GUY<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think that after reading this, you really want to buy tickets to this concert, so here’s a helpful link with which to do so<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Angry Symphony Guy (aka Classical Beaver, Brian Horay, Huffington Post guest blogger) posting at the Portland Mercury arts listing pages: STEPHEN HOUGH, OREGON SYMPHONY (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) Chief cultural blogger for the Telegraph of London.\u00a0Prodigious recorder of more than 50 albums.\u00a0MacArthur genius.\u00a0Theologian. Poet. Queer activist. Composer.\u00a0The guy wears a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[135,2],"tags":[3125,3124,2489,2446,3668,1166],"class_list":["post-12486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soloists-recitals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-angry-symphony-guy","tag-brian-horay","tag-classical-beaver","tag-liszt","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-stephen-hough"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3fo","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7825,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/05\/best-symphony-preview-blurb-ever\/","url_meta":{"origin":12486,"position":0},"title":"best symphony preview blurb – ever","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In this week's Portland Mercury, from our own Classical Beaver, aka Angry Symphony Guy: OREGON SYMPHONY, COLIN CURRIE (Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway) The Oregon Symphony's first classical concert of the 2012\/13 season rightfully deserves an exhaustive six-page spread, but the fucking idgits who run this craptastic \"newspaper\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7065,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/11\/12\/classical-beaver-moon\/","url_meta":{"origin":12486,"position":1},"title":"classical beaver moon?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Discovered via the Farmers' Almanac that the November full moon is often referred to as the Beaver Moon. 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