{"id":14184,"date":"2016-07-20T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T22:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=14184"},"modified":"2016-07-23T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2016-07-23T18:34:38","slug":"july-into-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/20\/july-into-august\/","title":{"rendered":"july into august"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14187\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14187\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/20\/july-into-august\/img_7248\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_7248-e1469053179384.jpg?fit=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMG_7248\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_7248-e1469053179384.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-14187 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/IMG_7248-e1469053179384.jpg?resize=580%2C435\" alt=\"IMG_7248\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crater Lake &#8211; Photo by Charles Noble<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This past week I&#8217;ve been on a badly-needed vacation to southern Oregon. My fianc\u00e9 and I went to the Ashland area, and had a wonderful time visiting Crater Lake, wine tasting, walking around the town, and enjoying our time away from everyday life. The fact that our lodging was in the middle of the forest without television also didn&#8217;t hurt. Here are a few places that we loved, that you might want to try on your next visit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenspringsinn.com\">Green Springs Inn and Cabins<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; About a half hour east of Ashland (and up a winding, twisty, and sometimes exposed Hwy 66), but it&#8217;s in the forest and there are chickens, a good restaurant, and plenty of peace and quiet (until the roosters fire up). The lodge rooms are simple and spacious, the cabins are the size of small houses, several with breathtaking views of the surrounding mountains.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wcwinery.com\">Wooldridge Creek Winery<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; If you like wine tasting that features delicious wines, great views, and wonderful patio, and house made cheeses and cured meats to go with, this is another place you cannot miss. It&#8217;s about 30 minutes past Jacksonville in the Applegate Valley, on the way to Grants Pass from the south.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/noblecoffeeroasting.com\">Noble Coffee<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Yes, I like the name, but even more I like the quality of the coffee that they put out here at their roastery and cafe. Nice ambiance inside, off the main drag and away from the OSF crowds, it&#8217;s an oasis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12888\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/07\/31\/the-sport-of-kings\/methowsign\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"methowsign\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The welcome sign at the top of the hill &amp;#8211; the barn is just over the word &amp;#8216;festival&amp;#8217; in the sign.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12888 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/methowsign.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week is going to be spent getting reacquainted with the viola (despite my guilty conscience, I refused to bring the viola\u00a0with me &#8211; that is the way one ruins a vacation!) and getting some final preparation done for my concerts at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.methowmusicfestival.org\">Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival<\/a>. Last year was pretty intense &#8211; I had three works with piano &#8211; two piano quartets, and one piano quintet &#8211; all of which were major works. This year, it&#8217;s a bit less so (although I usually regret making such predictions, especially on the side favoring ease). I&#8217;m playing a relatively rare work for piano quartet by Franz Schubert, his Adagio and Rondo Concertante, D. 487; the wonderful Mozart Horn Quintet, K. 407; and Arnold Schoenberg&#8217;s <em>Verkl\u00e4rte Nacht<\/em>, Op. 4.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m hoping to have time to do a wrap-up after Methow, then it&#8217;s just a very quick turnaround to head out to Sunriver for the Sunriver Music Festival.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I&#8217;ve been on a badly-needed vacation to southern Oregon. My fianc\u00e9 and I went to the Ashland area, and had a wonderful time visiting Crater Lake, wine tasting, walking around the town, and enjoying our time away from everyday life. The fact that our lodging was in the middle of the forest [&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":[136,140,3484,139,142,138,141],"tags":[3772,3097],"class_list":["post-14184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chamber-music","category-coffee-food-drink","category-concert-preview","category-food-drink","category-restaurants-food-drink","category-summer-festivals","category-wine","tag-3772","tag-methow-valley-chamber-music-festival"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3GM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14097,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/17\/mahler-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":14184,"position":0},"title":"Mahler time","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"If it's the end of the Oregon Symphony's season, chances are it's time to hear one of Mahler's magnificent symphonies. 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