{"id":14652,"date":"2018-01-28T16:17:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T00:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=14652"},"modified":"2018-01-28T16:17:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T00:17:56","slug":"more-random-musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/28\/more-random-musings\/","title":{"rendered":"more random musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14653\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/28\/more-random-musings\/johannes_brahms\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Johannes_Brahms-e1517184950284.gif?fit=398%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"398,398\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Johannes_Brahms\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Johannes_Brahms-e1517184950284.gif?fit=398%2C398&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14653 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Johannes_Brahms-e1517184950284.gif?resize=398%2C398\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I come up with these &#8216;random musings&#8217; posts every now and then. What do they mean? Mostly they mean that I&#8217;m thinking about what I&#8217;m doing in a new way and becoming more engaged in my music making. Or I am just bored and want to write something. Take your pick.<\/p>\n<p>This week we&#8217;ve been rehearsing a wonderful (if very traditional) program of Glanert, Mozart, and Brahms with a stellar young violinist (Benjamin Beilman) and excellent guest conductor (David Danzmayr). So, some observations relating to the rehearsal period and first two concerts. Tickets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orsymphony.org\/concerts-tickets\/1718\/brahms-first-symphony\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mozart is really, really hard to play. Don&#8217;t let anyone tell you otherwise. If they do, immediately discount any of their other opinions as completely worthless. Part of the difficulty, as I see it, is that Mozart&#8217;s writing is so perfectly symmetrical and logical. One&#8217;s phrasing and musicianship must be equally as impeccable to pull off a performance better than merely solid. Beilman really has the goods here. Lustrous tone, beautifully in tune, interesting ideas.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s been just under five years since we last played Brahms&#8217; First Symphony, and I&#8217;m struck by a number of things. First, our woodwinds, playing as a choir as they must often do in the works of Brahms, are simply phenomenal. Such blend and unanimity of phrasing! And their solo work is also good &#8211; Martha Long in her big solo in the last movement, Martin Hebert in his leaping, yet sinuous solo in the first movement, John Cox with the gorgeous alphorn call in the last movement. And our brass in their chorale, etc. Deep bench and more than a few star players. We&#8217;re so lucky here.<\/li>\n<li>There is little as terrifying as the pizzicato entrance and accelerando in the last movement introduction. So much can go so wrong and be so audible to everyone! But when it comes off well, it&#8217;s electrifying!<\/li>\n<li>In the string chorale (reminiscent of Beethoven&#8217;s 9th finale) in the last movement, there is nothing better than playing the descending counter line in the violas. Especially when the section is allowed to really play. So much fun!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Those are my musings for today. Hope to see you at one of our concerts!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I come up with these &#8216;random musings&#8217; posts every now and then. What do they mean? Mostly they mean that I&#8217;m thinking about what I&#8217;m doing in a new way and becoming more engaged in my music making. Or I am just bored and want to write something. Take your pick. This week we&#8217;ve been [&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_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":[148,2],"tags":[3836,439,3837,3838,2690,3668],"class_list":["post-14652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-benjamin-beilman","tag-brahms","tag-david-danzmayr","tag-glanert","tag-mozart","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-3Ok","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21995,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/01\/opening-weekend\/","url_meta":{"origin":14652,"position":0},"title":"opening weekend","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 1, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"View from the office from the stage at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Oct. 1, 2021. 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