{"id":14195,"date":"2016-07-25T19:51:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T02:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=14195"},"modified":"2016-07-25T19:51:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T02:51:34","slug":"things-to-look-forward-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/25\/things-to-look-forward-to\/","title":{"rendered":"things to look forward to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/giphy.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/25\/things-to-look-forward-to\/giphy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/giphy.gif?fit=480%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"giphy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/giphy.gif?fit=480%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14196\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/giphy.gif?resize=480%2C270\" alt=\"giphy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m in the midst of my summer festival season, and as time goes by, I&#8217;m gradually starting to turn my attention to the upcoming concert season, looking for both the obvious and the hidden gems it contains.<\/p>\n<p>I wear quite a few hats during the year &#8211; quartet violist, new music violist, orchestral violist, teaching violist. There are a few things from each that I&#8217;m especially looking forward to.<\/p>\n<h3>Quartet Violist<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnicaquartet.com\/calendar\/\">Arnica Quartet<\/a> is only playing a couple of concerts this year, but the two big works of the year are also two of the greatest string quartets ever written: Dvorak&#8217;s Op. 104 in A-flat major, and Beethoven&#8217;s Op. 131 in C-sharp minor. There is plenty to sink one&#8217;s teeth into as a violist, and some incredible music.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>New Music Violist<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The 2016-2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/thirdangle.org\/2016-17-season\/\">Third Angle season<\/a> starts off with <em>all three<\/em> of Steve Reich&#8217;s string quartets, including a masterpiece of the 20th century,\u00a0<em>Different Trains<\/em>. I am beyond stoked to get a chance to play that piece, as well as his\u00a0<em>Triple Quartet<\/em>, and <em>WTC 9\/11<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Later in the season, Third Angle returns to the OMSI planetarium to perform Georg Friedrich Haas&#8217; String Quartet No. 3 &#8220;In iij. Noct.&#8221; Audiences raved about this piece at the 2013 T:B:A Festival, and it was definitely an out-of-body type performance experience, too!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Orchestral Violist<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bart\u00f3k&#8217;s one act opera <em>Bluebeard&#8217;s Castle<\/em> has long been on my bucket list. The fact that the <a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.orsymphony.org\/single\/psDetail.aspx?psn=3098\">Oregon Symphony&#8217;s production<\/a>\u00a0uses the huge glass sculptures of Dale Chihuly as part of the concert setting pushes it over the top into amazing.<\/li>\n<li>The Oregon Symphony&#8217;s woodwind and brass sections have long been world-class, but this season we get to hear them take the solo stage in <a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.orsymphony.org\/single\/psDetail.aspx?psn=3123\">Frank Martin&#8217;s Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.orsymphony.org\/single\/psDetail.aspx?psn=3144\">Respighi&#8217;s <em>Pines of Rome<\/em><\/a>. Just thinking of the\u00a0<em>Via Appia<\/em> movement gives me chills.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tickets.orsymphony.org\/single\/psDetail.aspx?psn=3169\">A Kenji Bunch world premiere<\/a> (commissioned by the Oregon Symphony). Finally, a local commission by my orchestra. And it couldn&#8217;t have been by a nicer guy, violist and composer Kenji Bunch. No idea what he&#8217;s cooking up, but it will be fun, difficult, and beautiful!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, that&#8217;s what has me excited so far. There are always surprises, things that I don&#8217;t expect to be great that are, things that I expect to be great that aren&#8217;t. And new things appear from out of nowhere. We&#8217;ll see&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m in the midst of my summer festival season, and as time goes by, I&#8217;m gradually starting to turn my attention to the upcoming concert season, looking for both the obvious and the hidden gems it contains. 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