{"id":21103,"date":"2021-02-16T10:44:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T18:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=21103"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:17:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:17:08","slug":"john-oliver-is-a-violist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2021\/02\/16\/john-oliver-is-a-violist\/","title":{"rendered":"john oliver is a violist!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Go to 1:35 in the video if you don&#8217;t care which Muppet John Oliver is.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-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\/LRk7WR4MjUA?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;start=95&#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><figcaption>We take our heroes where we find them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;do you have the sexual confidence to play the viola?&#8221;<\/p><cite>\u2013 Stephen Colbert<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;for those of you who don&#8217;t know, the viola is like the violin, but useless&#8221;<\/p><cite>\u2013 Stephen Colbert<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;if you can&#8217;t play the violin with flair, then you can fill the sound of an orchestra droning on a viola&#8221;<\/p><cite>\u2013 John Oliver<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Go to 1:35 in the video if you don&#8217;t care which Muppet John Oliver is.] &#8220;do you have the sexual confidence to play the viola?&#8221; \u2013 Stephen Colbert &#8220;for those of you who don&#8217;t know, the viola is like the violin, but useless&#8221; \u2013 Stephen Colbert &#8220;if you can&#8217;t play the violin with flair, then [&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":[220,2,13,22],"tags":[4069,4070,4071,3660],"class_list":["post-21103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","category-the-orchestra-world","category-video","category-viola","tag-john-oliver","tag-stephen-colbert","tag-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert","tag-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-5un","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":396,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/07\/24\/not-much-going-on\/","url_meta":{"origin":21103,"position":0},"title":"not much going on","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a pretty low-key couple of days.\u00c2\u00a0 I'm anticipating a burst of posts on some Portland classical music scene issues shortly.\u00c2\u00a0 For now, here's what's playing on my iPod today: Bart\u00c3\u00b2k - Concerto for Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustvo Dudamel, cond. DG Concerts (iTunes store exclusive download) Barber -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;the orchestra world&quot;","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13792,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/09\/may-the-viola-force-be-with-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":21103,"position":1},"title":"may the (viola) force be with you","author":"Charles Noble","date":"July 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This snippet of video is from the Berlin Philharmonic's annual outdoor concert at Berlin's\u00a0Waldb\u00fchne at the end of June, 2015. They're playing the always awesome Main Title from Star Wars by John Williams. A couple of things to notice: the violist at the back appears to be using a highly\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;the orchestra world&quot;","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/-3qqHdiewSE\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":727,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/31\/alex-ross-on-colbert-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":21103,"position":2},"title":"alex ross on colbert report","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 31, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure that many of you may have seen this elsewhere, but for those of you who have not, here is the video:","rel":"","context":"In &quot;bloggers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"bloggers","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/bloggers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13149,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2014\/01\/13\/a-tale-of-two-brahms\/","url_meta":{"origin":21103,"position":3},"title":"a tale of two brahms","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 13, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Another musician who blogs quite frequently is the pianist Stephen Hough (a favorite soloist here in Portland, with frequent appearances with the Oregon Symphony), and he recently wrote a blog post for the Guardian newspaper (he also has a regular blog at the Telegraph) describing his process of revising his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;appreciation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/WxH50l50dvs\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5471,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/24\/have-viola-will-travel\/","url_meta":{"origin":21103,"position":4},"title":"have viola, will travel","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This past week has been slow for the Oregon Symphony, but I've been quite busy with rehearsing and performing with 45th Parallel, one of Portland's newest chamber music collaborations, now in its second year. It was especially nice to get the chance to work musicians with whom I haven't had\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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/5108841257_d590774caa.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4939,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/30\/mavi-day-three-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":21103,"position":5},"title":"mavi &#8211; day three report","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Lots of teaching and chamber music coaching was done on Tuesday, with some private lessons thrown in for good measure.\u00a0 Got to meet a young woman who was taking viola lessons via Skype while on deployment with the US Army in Iraq, what a story!\u00a0 She came to the evening\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;soloists &amp; recitals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"soloists &amp; recitals","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/soloists-recitals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/4749792649_f3fef4af3b.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}