{"id":13162,"date":"2014-01-15T14:32:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T22:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=13162"},"modified":"2014-01-15T14:32:42","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T22:32:42","slug":"a-far-cry-is-closer-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/15\/a-far-cry-is-closer-than-you-think\/","title":{"rendered":"a far cry is closer than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The title of this post alludes to the Boston-based conductorless chamber orchestra A Far Cry, which will be making its second trip to Portland as part of their 2014 US West Coast tour.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a title=\"A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra by nobleviola, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nobleviola\/11971190473\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3689\/11971190473_5595b78bee_z.jpg?resize=580%2C387\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Far Cry at the Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, MA on Wednesday, June, 18, 2008. (Photo by Yoon S. Byun)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They&#8217;ll be playing a varied program at Portland&#8217;s First Unitarian Church (1211 SW Main Street), \u00a0including a concerto for violin and double bass written for the ensemble by composer Kip Jones, entitled <em>Three Views of a Mountain,<\/em> as well as works by Ives, Ljova, and Dvorak (an arrangement for string orchestra of his ever-popular &#8216;American&#8217; string quartet.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an introduction to the group&#8217;s West Coast Tour by former PYP violinist and Portlander, Megumi Stohs Lewis, now a member of A Far Cry:<\/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\/o1CPpnk_rr4?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><a href=\"http:\/\/focm.org\/chamber-notes\/chamber-notes\/my-musical-families-coast-to-coast\/2997\/\">Read a blog post by Megumi Stohs Lewis.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For tickets and information &#8211; see the Upcoming Events widget in the right hand sidebar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The title of this post alludes to the Boston-based conductorless chamber orchestra A Far Cry, which will be making its second trip to Portland as part of their 2014 US West Coast tour. They&#8217;ll be playing a varied program at Portland&#8217;s First Unitarian Church (1211 SW Main Street), \u00a0including a concerto for violin and double [&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":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":[3484],"tags":[901,386,3666,3662],"class_list":["post-13162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-concert-preview","tag-a-far-cry","tag-friends-of-chamber-music","tag-oregon","tag-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3qi","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":985,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/05\/23\/a-far-cry\/","url_meta":{"origin":13162,"position":0},"title":"a far cry","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"a far cry, a conductorless string orchestra from Boston, will be making a Portland stop on their West Coast tour tonight, May 23 at the First Unitarian Church downtown at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and $20. 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