{"id":14514,"date":"2017-07-20T09:50:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=14514"},"modified":"2017-07-20T10:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T17:10:10","slug":"emperor-gets-new-clothes-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/20\/emperor-gets-new-clothes-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"emperor gets new clothes in seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.seattlechambermusic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Family-Concert-Concert-Series-Image.jpg?resize=580%2C286\" width=\"580\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday morning I&#8217;m playing a children&#8217;s concert presented by the Seattle Chamber Music Society which features Peter Schickele&#8217;s (aka PDQ Bach)\u00a0<em>The Emperor&#8217;s New Clothes<\/em>. It&#8217;s a fun piece for narrator and mixed ensemble, and is my first chance since 1995 to perform with pianist Paige Roberts Molloy, with whom I last played chamber music at the Tanglewood Music Center (Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, coached by Leon Fleischer). I&#8217;m looking forward to this a lot!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattlechambermusic.org\/concerts\/concert-series\/?series_id=66&amp;display=performances\">Seattle Chamber Music Society\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday morning I&#8217;m playing a children&#8217;s concert presented by the Seattle Chamber Music Society which features Peter Schickele&#8217;s (aka PDQ Bach)\u00a0The Emperor&#8217;s New Clothes. It&#8217;s a fun piece for narrator and mixed ensemble, and is my first chance since 1995 to perform with pianist Paige Roberts Molloy, with whom I last played chamber 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":[136,201,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chamber-music","category-seattle","category-summer-festivals"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3M6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12908,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/08\/01\/seattle-cellist-toby-saks-has-died\/","url_meta":{"origin":14514,"position":0},"title":"seattle cellist toby saks has died","author":"Charles Noble","date":"August 1, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Toby Saks, founder of the Seattle Chamber Music Society and an acclaimed cellist, died early on Thursday (Aug. 1) \u2014 sending waves of shock and grief around the world as music lovers got the news. 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Present was current classical music writer\/rockstar Alex Ross, who curated a concert of works by seven young New York composers who'd caught his ear (including five premieres).\u00c2\u00a0 Also the SCP presented, in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;chamber music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"chamber music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/chamber-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":395,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/19\/under-the-radar\/","url_meta":{"origin":14514,"position":4},"title":"under the radar","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a great article\u00c2\u00a0 by David Brewster about the much-respected and financially secure Chamber Music Northwest from the online journal Crosscut.\u00c2\u00a0 Here's the opening: \u00c2\u00a0If Seattle is a bright beacon flashing out its grandness, Portland is a bushel basket, under which well-kept secrets gleam. 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