{"id":12855,"date":"2013-07-13T13:37:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T20:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=12855"},"modified":"2013-07-13T13:59:51","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T20:59:51","slug":"slack-tide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/13\/slack-tide\/","title":{"rendered":"slack tide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an uneventful week, with the exception of the dental surgery, and I&#8217;m looking forward to completing this downtime to get ready for my next gig. That happens to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.methowmusicfestival.org\/\">Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival<\/a> in the north-central reaches of Washington State. <!--more-->I played there once with my old quartet years ago, and again last year on my own after several years had passed. It was a wonderful experience, and one that I&#8217;m looking forward to very much. It&#8217;s a Mozart g minor year for me, on the two concerts that I&#8217;ll be playing: the Piano Quartet in g minor, K. 478 (with the wonderful pianist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.methowmusicfestival.org\/program\/2013\/summer\/artists.html#Sheppard\">Craig Sheppard<\/a>), and the String Quintet in g minor, K. 516 (one of the great pieces ever written for chamber ensemble). I can&#8217;t wait to play with some amazing musicians, visit with some new friends, and get in some quality cycling in the great scenery of the Methow Valley!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XwCWh3WcJ6A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P6N2Fo5BWu0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"580\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.nobleviola.com\\\/wordpress\\\/2013\\\/07\\\/13\\\/slack-tide\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:2415310}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 580px; 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While most of us musicians are not anywhere near endowed with the power or wealth of royalty, we can transform our lot into something approaching that (at least in the artistic sense) by playing some of the great works of chamber music\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;chamber music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ranchview.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ranchview.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ranchview.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7745,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/15\/whats-next-debussy-mozart-and-beethoven\/","url_meta":{"origin":12855,"position":1},"title":"what&#8217;s next? debussy, mozart, and beethoven","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On July 27th I take the long drive to the Methow Valley in northern central Washington State, where the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival takes place in Winthrop, Washington. It's a spectacularly beautiful setting for some wonderful music with a bunch of musicians with whom I've never before made music,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;chamber music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12868,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/16\/miraculous-mozart\/","url_meta":{"origin":12855,"position":2},"title":"miraculous mozart","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm starting my pre-rehearsal YouTube trawl of available online performances of the rep I'll be playing at the Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival next week, and though I shouldn't be surprised at what I find, I'm inevitably still flummoxed by the quality of performances that are available for free viewing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;chamber music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/3VGi_VsegnM\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13796,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/18\/methow-preview-part-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":12855,"position":3},"title":"methow preview, part one","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 18, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The only piece on my Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival swing this year that I've performed before is Robert Schumann's gorgeous Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47. 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