{"id":2260,"date":"2009-03-27T08:49:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2260"},"modified":"2009-04-01T17:39:55","modified_gmt":"2009-04-02T00:39:55","slug":"svoboda-talks-about-vortex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/27\/svoboda-talks-about-vortex\/","title":{"rendered":"svoboda talks about vortex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Oregonian:<br \/>\nsee video after the jump:<!--more--><\/p>\n<table style=\"border:0px; padding:0px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold;\">Notes of protest swirl in angry &#8216;Vortex&#8217;<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><script src=\"http:\/\/tribeca.vidavee.com\/advance\/trh\/embedAsset.js?vtagView=on&amp;embedded=yes&amp;link=http:\/\/videos.oregonlive.com\/oregonian\/2009\/03\/notes_of_protest_swirl_in_angr.html&amp;showEndCard=off&amp;loadStream=off&amp;autoplay=off&amp;width=470&amp;height=264&amp;shareWidgets=on&amp;vtag=yes&amp;startVolume=50&amp;hidecontrolbar=no&amp;textureStrip=yes&amp;displayTime=yes&amp;volumeLock=off&amp;watermark=yes&amp;skin=v3AdvInt_oregonLive.swf&amp;dockey=9631707BE8CD6967D5A3A2B516528DCC\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Oregonian: see video after the jump:<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[167,183,115,269,2,13],"tags":[342,3668,1341,3658,1444],"class_list":["post-2260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composition","category-contemporary","category-music","category-new-music","category-the-orchestra-world","category-video","tag-interview","tag-oregon-symphony","tag-tomas-svoboda","tag-video","tag-vortex-for-orchestra-op-197"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-As","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2157,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/16\/vortex\/","url_meta":{"origin":2260,"position":0},"title":"vortex","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 16, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo: Mike Lloyd\/The Oregonian We've done the first two performances of Tomas Svoboda's Vortex for Orchestra, and the final performance is tonight.\u00c2\u00a0 It's a piece which seems to be growing in power and depth with each time we perform it.\u00c2\u00a0 It needs to be recorded by our orchestra. 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