{"id":20130,"date":"2020-10-24T10:02:10","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T17:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=20130"},"modified":"2020-10-25T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T00:06:46","slug":"time-for-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/24\/time-for-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"time for a break"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Last night, as violist of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnicaquartet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arnica Quartet<\/a>, I took part in a mini-concert of two Beethoven works for string quartet. You can find the archived concert video below (missing the 1st movement of the Op. 18 No 2 due to some technical issues).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sIiKWSJuvEo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time for me to take a bit of a performance break. I&#8217;ve been lucky enough to have been involved in a variety of performances, both solo and chamber music, since April of this year, which I&#8217;m very grateful for. But I need some time to recharge and see what might be coming up next. My poor viola has a wealth of minor wounds accumulated over well over 10 years of heavy professional playing, and so it will go to my trusted local luthier for some TLC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After repairs are complete, I might go back to basics and work on some technical stuff with my playing that also is in need of repair (lots of that!), and perhaps re-learn some old repertoire and absorb some new as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll find stuff to write about in the meantime. Maybe some brief musical history essays, some thoughts about new recordings that I&#8217;ve come across, and more than a few about the future of my industry as the pandemic stretches on here in the US. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" data-attachment-id=\"19636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2020\/09\/12\/smoke-and-mirrors\/img_1849\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?fit=960%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1599867572&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.028571428571429&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1849\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?fit=500%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?resize=500%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?resize=500%2C667&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?resize=300%2C400&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?resize=200%2C267&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1849.jpeg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, as violist of the Arnica Quartet, I took part in a mini-concert of two Beethoven works for string quartet. You can find the archived concert video below (missing the 1st movement of the Op. 18 No 2 due to some technical issues). Now it&#8217;s time for me to take a bit of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[135,503],"tags":[2456,4033,3658,3660,64],"class_list":["post-20130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soloists-recitals","category-string-quartet","tag-arnica-string-quartet","tag-pandemic","tag-video","tag-viola","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-5eG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14046,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2016\/03\/13\/arnica-quartet-in-salem-this-afternoon\/","url_meta":{"origin":20130,"position":0},"title":"arnica quartet in salem this afternoon (past)","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time for our virtually annual performance at the Salem Camerata Musica series at the Salem Library this afternoon. 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