{"id":3553,"date":"2009-12-04T17:50:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T01:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=3553"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:02:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:02:05","slug":"kicking-ass-and-taking-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/04\/kicking-ass-and-taking-names\/","title":{"rendered":"kicking ass and taking names"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you don’t have your ticket to see Yefim Bronfman<\/a> play the Bart\u00f3k Second Piano Concerto this weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon), get it now – Fima is kicking some serious ass. He has one of the most clear and precise touches of any pianist, but couples it with a tremendous dynamic range and loads of color. All of which are demanded by the Bart\u00f3k. Also kicking some major tail – the OSO brass section gets lots to do in the Bart\u00f3k as well (not to mention the Ives), and they sound like they’re having a great time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you don’t have your ticket to see Yefim Bronfman play the Bart\u00f3k Second Piano Concerto this weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon), get it now – Fima is kicking some serious ass. He has one of the most clear and precise touches of any pianist, but couples it with a tremendous dynamic range and loads of […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1027,135,2],"tags":[2015,3668],"class_list":["post-3553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-piano-music","category-soloists-recitals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-bartok-second-piano-concerto","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-Vj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4768,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/10\/bartok-viola-concerto-a-tale-of-three-editions\/","url_meta":{"origin":3553,"position":0},"title":"bartok viola concerto – a tale of three editions","author":"Charles Noble","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a few days since I first posted on the quandary that violists find themselves in when approaching the various editions of the largely incomplete Bart\u00f3k Viola Concerto.\u00a0 Let's take an example from a passage from the end of the first movement (just before the Ritornello that transitions from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "appreciation"","block_context":{"text":"appreciation","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/appreciations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/bartok_ex_manu-399x133.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5549,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/09\/new-performances-on-instantencore\/","url_meta":{"origin":3553,"position":1},"title":"new performances on instantencore","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a heads up that I've got two new performance recordings up on InstantEncore.com. 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