{"id":2331,"date":"2009-04-14T12:10:28","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T19:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2331"},"modified":"2009-04-14T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2009-04-14T19:10:28","slug":"bartok-on-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/14\/bartok-on-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"bart\u00c3\u00b3k on the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Arnica Quartet is in the final push to learn Bart\u00c3\u00b3k’s Fouth String Quartet for a concert at the Old Church on April 22nd (at Noon).\u00c2\u00a0 What a piece!\u00c2\u00a0 I know I say this about everything that we are performing, but it’s true – the string quartet literature is truly the deepest and richest trove of repertoire that anyone could ask for.\u00c2\u00a0 The Fourth is perhaps his ultimate expression in the form, though some would argue that the Fifth supersedes it.\u00c2\u00a0 I won’t get into that dispute (but perhaps Gregory Vajda might have some opinions?) but will say that of the two, the Fourth is the more accessible of the two, and incredibly tightly constructed.\u00c2\u00a0 As the countdown to our maiden voyage with this piece continues, I’ll write a bit about the quartet, each of its movements, and impressions from “within” the piece as we go along.\u00c2\u00a0 Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Arnica Quartet is in the final push to learn Bart\u00c3\u00b3k’s Fouth String Quartet for a concert at the Old Church on April 22nd (at Noon).\u00c2\u00a0 What a piece!\u00c2\u00a0 I know I say this about everything that we are performing, but it’s true – the string quartet literature is truly the deepest and richest trove […]<\/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":[136,115],"tags":[3666,3662],"class_list":["post-2331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chamber-music","category-music","tag-oregon","tag-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-BB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2338,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/17\/heart-of-the-fourth\/","url_meta":{"origin":2331,"position":0},"title":"heart of the fourth","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As promised, here is the first of a series of posts concerning Bart\u00c3\u00b3k's great Fourth String Quartet. 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