{"id":13651,"date":"2015-02-01T13:26:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T21:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=13651"},"modified":"2015-02-01T13:39:25","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T21:39:25","slug":"review-friends-of-chamber-music-takacs-quartet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/02\/01\/review-friends-of-chamber-music-takacs-quartet\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: friends of chamber music – takacs quartet"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had the great pleasure of attending the most recent appearance of the Takacs Quartet as part of the Friends of Chamber Music series at Lincoln Performance Hall. I wrote a review for Arts Watch, which you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I had the great pleasure of attending the most recent appearance of the Takacs Quartet as part of the Friends of Chamber Music series at Lincoln Performance Hall. 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