{"id":2511,"date":"2009-05-11T17:13:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T00:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2511"},"modified":"2009-05-11T17:53:49","modified_gmt":"2009-05-12T00:53:49","slug":"why-we-love-mahler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/11\/why-we-love-mahler\/","title":{"rendered":"why we love mahler"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ask almost any symphonic musician what works they love to play, and among the most often mentioned pieces will be those by either Richard Strauss or Gustav Mahler.\u00c2\u00a0 Why is this?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, to put it simply, these pieces constitute exactly what modern players are prepared to perform.\u00c2\u00a0 Our entire musical education is essentially geared to create a technical base (both on the instrument and musicianship) that will enable one to perform these virtuosic pieces with relative ease.<\/p>\n

Of the two, it is definitely Mahler who makes the more severe demands.\u00c2\u00a0 In Strauss, one often plays an entire melodic line in its entirety, whereas Mahler demands superior ensemble precision by dividing up melodic lines among several diverse sections of the orchestra.\u00c2\u00a0 Very quick changes in dynamics and tempi and texture also challenge the musicians’ ability to make quick adjustments on the fly.<\/p>\n

So that’s why, after this weekend’s concerts of Mahler 4, you sense a buzz backstage – the orchestra is happy: we’ve risen to the challenge, and are feeling at the top of our game.\u00c2\u00a0 The only problem?\u00c2\u00a0 Just one more classical concert to go and then we’re done until September.<\/p>\n

A quick shout out to our last-minute guest english hornist for last night’s concert – she sight-read the Barber and Mahler and sounded great.\u00c2\u00a0 When I find out her name I’ll be sure to update this post.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our English Horn sub last night was Jamie Roberts, Principal oboist of the Portland Opera – well done, Jamie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ask almost any symphonic musician what works they love to play, and among the most often mentioned pieces will be those by either Richard Strauss or Gustav Mahler.\u00c2\u00a0 Why is this?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, to put it simply, these pieces constitute exactly what modern players are prepared to perform.\u00c2\u00a0 Our entire musical education is essentially geared to […]<\/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":[148,115,2],"tags":[813,55,62],"class_list":["post-2511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-gustav-mahler","tag-orchestra","tag-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Ev","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2722,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/17\/all-things-mahler\/","url_meta":{"origin":2511,"position":0},"title":"all things mahler","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 17, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Via Chantal, Universal Edition has a great website up pertaining to all things Mahler.\u00c2\u00a0 Check it out!","rel":"","context":"In "appreciation"","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"mahlerhead","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/mahlerhead-400x157.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13597,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/10\/are-you-ready-for-mahler-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":2511,"position":1},"title":"Are you ready for mahler 5?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I love Mahler. 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