{"id":13473,"date":"2014-06-29T11:34:26","date_gmt":"2014-06-29T18:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=13473"},"modified":"2014-07-01T11:49:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T18:49:34","slug":"whats-on-the-music-stand-summer-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/29\/whats-on-the-music-stand-summer-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"what&#8217;s on the music stand, summer edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The stand isn&#8217;t groaning with music as it often can during the symphony season, but there&#8217;s stuff still there awaiting my attention. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on the docket for July.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Scales, Arpeggios, and Double Stops<\/em> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/m_kimber.tripod.com\/mkmusic3-pedagog.html\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Kimber<\/a>. A great all-around basic daily practice reference.<\/li>\n<li><em>16 Fantasy Etudes<\/em> &#8211; Lilian Fuchs. Brilliantly designed etudes for the 20th-21st century violist, most of which actually sound like pieces of music.<\/li>\n<li><em>Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello\/Viola<\/em> &#8211; J.S. Bach. Not much needs to be said about these.<\/li>\n<li><em>Sonatas and Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin\/Viola<\/em> &#8211; J.S. Bach. Not all of these work well on the viola, but they do scratch an itch that the cello suites don&#8217;t quite manage sometimes.<\/li>\n<li>Requiem &#8211; Giuseppe Verdi. Monumental and operatic religious work that is always a pleasure to perform. For the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/event\/oregon-bach-festival-verdi-requiem\/\">Oregon Bach Festival<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Piano Quintet<\/em> &#8211; John Harbison. A lovely work from 1981 that I&#8217;m hearing and working on for the first time, for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.methowmusicfestival.org\/program\/2014\/summer\/index.html\">Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Piano Quartet in E-flat major<\/em>\u00a0&#8211; Robert Schumann. One of my favorite chamber pieces, also for Methow.<\/li>\n<li><em>Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major<\/em> &#8211; Antonin Dvorak. A piece I&#8217;ve never worked on, but heard quite a few times. Looking forward to it as well. Also for Methow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m awaiting music for the Sunriver Festival, which is all orchestral, and serves as a nice introduction back to the Oregon Symphony&#8217;s season, which this year will once again open with the free Waterfront Concert at Tom McCall Waterfront Park on August 28th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stand isn&#8217;t groaning with music as it often can during the symphony season, but there&#8217;s stuff still there awaiting my attention. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s on the docket for July. Scales, Arpeggios, and Double Stops &#8211; Michael Kimber. A great all-around basic daily practice reference. 16 Fantasy Etudes &#8211; Lilian Fuchs. 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