{"id":1284,"date":"2008-10-16T19:44:37","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T02:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:05:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:05:26","slug":"pesky-string-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/16\/pesky-string-players\/","title":{"rendered":"pesky string players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bassist Michael Hovnanian, member of a Major Midwestern Orchestra With a Notably Loud Brass Section, wrote a hilarious description of guest conductor Jaap van Zweeden rehearsing Bruckner&#8217;s Fifth Symphony:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Dutch violinist turned conductor spent more rehearsal time than normal dealing with the strings; in a work such as the Bruckner an endeavor akin to lifting up a stone at the beach, watching the various small crabs and other multi-legged creatures scuttle off in all directions, and then trying to coax them into marching single file across the sand. In spite of the ultimate futility of the effort, it was entertaining to watch. Needless to say, the stone was replaced at the performances with increasing force each night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the complete post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/bass-blog-back-well-i-finally-heard.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bassist Michael Hovnanian, member of a Major Midwestern Orchestra With a Notably Loud Brass Section, wrote a hilarious description of guest conductor Jaap van Zweeden rehearsing Bruckner&#8217;s Fifth Symphony: The Dutch violinist turned conductor spent more rehearsal time than normal dealing with the strings; in a work such as the Bruckner an endeavor akin to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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_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":[225,115,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggers","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-kI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":430,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/09\/06\/eugene-conductor-tapped-for-nashville\/","url_meta":{"origin":1284,"position":0},"title":"eugene conductor tapped for nashville","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Giancarlo Guerrero, currently music director of the Eugene Symphony, has accepted the position of music director with the Nashville Symphony, effective the 2009-2010 season. 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