{"id":1951,"date":"2009-02-17T18:01:06","date_gmt":"2009-02-18T02:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:31:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:31:37","slug":"when-time-off-isnt-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/02\/17\/when-time-off-isnt-really\/","title":{"rendered":"when time off isn&#8217;t, really"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, time is flying by!\u00c2\u00a0 I was just getting my music together for upcoming non-OSO performances, and realized that a quartet concert with the Rovetti Quartet in Astoria&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liberty-theater.org\/events.html\">Liberty Theater<\/a> is taking place very soon &#8211; March 1st.\u00c2\u00a0 As they say in the old country &#8211; holy crap!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/17721680_3f59b17eff_o.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1953\" title=\"17721680_3f59b17eff_o\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/17721680_3f59b17eff_o-200x266.jpg?resize=200%2C266\" alt=\"17721680_3f59b17eff_o\" width=\"200\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLiberty Theater &#8211; Photo: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/17721680\">Morgan Sapp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be a great concert to play, since it will reunite me with former Ethos violinist Denise Dillenbeck (n\u00c3\u00a9e Huizenga), as well as her good friend, Philadelphia Orchestra violinist Marc Rovetti, and OSO principal cellist Nancy Ives.\u00c2\u00a0 Plus, it&#8217;s repertoire that I either have wanted to do for a long time (Beethoven Op. 18 no. 5 in A major and Mendelssohn op. 13 in A minor) or is one of my favorite pieces that I&#8217;ve already performed before (Shostakovich No. 3 in F major, op. 73).<\/p>\n<p>So, this week, though the symphony is not rehearsing or playing concerts, I&#8217;m going to be very busy!<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re interested, concert info is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/details.aspx?PId=5031616\">here<\/a>, and an all-time great recording of the Mendelssohn can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/B001PYTNNK?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=dailyobservat-20&amp;link_code=as3&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=B001PYTNNK\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"CRW_0725 by nobleviola, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2745096880\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/2745096880_cda380056a_m.jpg?resize=160%2C240\" alt=\"CRW_0725\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" \/><br \/>\nFearNoMusic &#8211; Photo: Charles Noble<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, don&#8217;t miss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/www.fearnomusic.org\">FearNoMusic<\/a> playing their Homegrown concert in both Eugene and Salem, Oregon this week.\u00c2\u00a0 Click <a href=\"http:\/\/fearnomusic.org\/seasons\/2008-2009\/\">here<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, time is flying by!\u00c2\u00a0 I was just getting my music together for upcoming non-OSO performances, and realized that a quartet concert with the Rovetti Quartet in Astoria&#8217;s Liberty Theater is taking place very soon &#8211; March 1st.\u00c2\u00a0 As they say in the old country &#8211; holy crap! 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