{"id":14091,"date":"2016-05-08T21:51:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T04:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=14091"},"modified":"2016-05-08T21:51:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T04:51:31","slug":"home-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/08\/home-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"home stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14092\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14092\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14092\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/08\/home-stretch\/1275520956_21b690f762_z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?fit=640%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,432\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1275520956_21b690f762_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Credit: https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pakalakamino\/&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?fit=500%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14092\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?resize=580%2C392\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pakalakamino\/\" width=\"580\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?resize=200%2C135&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?resize=500%2C338&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/1275520956_21b690f762_z.jpg?resize=624%2C421&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pakalakamino\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pakalakamino\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seems almost as though I posted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/2015\/09\/01\/set-phasers-to-middle\/\">this entry<\/a>\u00a0yesterday instead of last August, but here it is, just past the first week of May, and there are just over two weeks left in the Oregon Symphony&#8217;s 2015-2016 season. It&#8217;s a pretty cool final month, too. We just finished playing two concerts of the film music of John Williams, the soundtrack to <em>Back to the Future<\/em> (with the film), and we&#8217;re about to play our penultimate classical series concert of the season this coming weekend, which features three fantastic pieces: Schumann&#8217;s Overture to <em>Genoveva<\/em>, Hindemith&#8217;s Symphony <em>Mathis der Maler<\/em>, and Brahms&#8217; Second Piano Concerto (with Garrick Olhsson). The following weekend, we close out our classical season with Gustav Mahler&#8217;s massive Symphony No. 3.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.orsymphony.org\/single\/psDetail.aspx?psn=2858\">Ohlsson plays Brahms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.orsymphony.org\/single\/psDetail.aspx?psn=2864\">Mahler&#8217;s Third Symphony<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The end of this season will make 21 years so far with the Oregon Symphony for me. In some ways, things have never been better. In others, they&#8217;ve never been worse. We&#8217;ll see what the next season brings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems almost as though I posted this entry\u00a0yesterday instead of last August, but here it is, just past the first week of May, and there are just over two weeks left in the Oregon Symphony&#8217;s 2015-2016 season. It&#8217;s a pretty cool final month, too. We just finished playing two concerts of the film music [&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":[2],"tags":[439,3754,3224,169,3668,3498],"class_list":["post-14091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-brahms","tag-garrick-ohlsson","tag-hindemith","tag-mahler","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-schumann"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3Fh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":174,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/01\/18\/musicians-on-the-bus\/","url_meta":{"origin":14091,"position":0},"title":"musicians ON the bus","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 18, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo credit: Cameron R. 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This is tremendous news, as it means that we will keep our $1 million grant from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;fundraising&quot;","block_context":{"text":"fundraising","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/fundraising\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19059,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2020\/07\/08\/oregon-symphony-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":14091,"position":2},"title":"oregon symphony announcement","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 8, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Oregon Symphony | Photo: \u00a9 Charles Noble We musicians got word yesterday afternoon that the Oregon Symphony would be canceling all scheduled services (concerts and rehearsals) until January 2021. It's not unexpected. In fact, it's probably the best-case scenario. It all depends upon when a vaccine is widely available, when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;administration&quot;","block_context":{"text":"administration","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/administration-the-orchestra-world-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0290-e1464230460632.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0290-e1464230460632.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0290-e1464230460632.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/IMG_0290-e1464230460632.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3020,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/26\/pre-season-highlights\/","url_meta":{"origin":14091,"position":3},"title":"pre-season highlights","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As the beginning of the 2009-2010 Oregon Symphony season comes quickly upon us, it has become time to look at what some of my personal highlights might be.\u00a0 I say might, because sometimes the concerts that I most look forward to fall flat, and those which I think might be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;soloists &amp; recitals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"soloists &amp; recitals","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/soloists-recitals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sept08CarlosKalmar","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Sept08CarlosKalmar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2270,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/01\/big-news-from-the-oregon-symphony\/","url_meta":{"origin":14091,"position":4},"title":"big news from the oregon symphony","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I just received an email from OSO president Elaine Calder to all musicians and staff.\u00c2\u00a0 It states that the Oregon Symphony has completely scrapped its plans for next season and will no longer play its Classical series of concerts.\u00c2\u00a0 Instead, the Oregon Symphony will change its name to the Oregon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bloggers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bloggers","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/bloggers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12965,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/03\/a-bit-of-good-press-for-the-oregon-symphony\/","url_meta":{"origin":14091,"position":5},"title":"a bit of good press for the oregon symphony","author":"Charles Noble","date":"September 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"In the latest issue of BBC Music Magazine, in the North America 'live choice' recommendations for must-see concerts, the Oregon Symphony is singled out for our subscription season opener\u00a0 (Sept. 21 and 23) featuring Takemitsu's From me flows what you call Time and Rimsky-Korsakoff's Scheherazade. 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