{"id":3583,"date":"2009-12-10T16:03:39","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T00:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=3583"},"modified":"2013-02-07T20:03:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:03:13","slug":"batons-and-those-who-wield-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/10\/batons-and-those-who-wield-them\/","title":{"rendered":"batons and those who wield them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DD9L1AMJVP.DTL\" target=\"_blank\">great article<\/a> from the San Francisco Chronicle about the baton that most (but not all) conductors use to conduct the orchestra. And a reminder that we have a world-class baton maker right here in Portland, Oregon: Alan Pierce, former bass trombonist of the Oregon Symphony, who makes batons for OSO music director Carlos Kalmar and many other conductors.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some articles and interviews with Alan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/alan-pierce-brings-his-batons-to-europe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Pierce brings his batons to Europe.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/pierce-batons-and-hannu-lintu.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pierce batons and Hannu Lintu.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/pierce-baton-in-hands-of-riccardo-muti.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pierce batons in the hands of Riccardo Muti.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/story.php?story_id=4493\" target=\"_blank\">Baton maker conducts business his way: by hand.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great article from the San Francisco Chronicle about the baton that most (but not all) conductors use to conduct the orchestra. And a reminder that we have a world-class baton maker right here in Portland, Oregon: Alan Pierce, former bass trombonist of the Oregon Symphony, who makes batons for OSO music director Carlos Kalmar [&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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[299,2],"tags":[641,879],"class_list":["post-3583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conducting","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-hannu-lintu","tag-riccardo-muti"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-VN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6103,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/04\/lintu-in-cincinnati\/","url_meta":{"origin":3583,"position":0},"title":"lintu in cincinnati","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 4, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Hannu Lintu, one of our favorite guest conductors from years past in Oregon, is making quite the splash in the Cincinnati Symphony's music director search. Read all about it here.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;conducting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"conducting","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/conducting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/hannu-lintu-sm.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7266,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/21\/kalmar-up-for-houston-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":3583,"position":1},"title":"kalmar up for houston job?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 21, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It is never a sure thing who an orchestra is really considering when they are looking for a new music director. Some conductors don't want to be seen as 'auditioning' for the gig, and orchestras are often competing for the same scarce resource: a good conductor. So it pays to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;auditions&quot;","block_context":{"text":"auditions","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/auditions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":826,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/05\/lintu-scores-in-nj\/","url_meta":{"origin":3583,"position":2},"title":"lintu scores in NJ","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I was forwarded an online review of Hannu Lintu's conducting debut with the New Jersey Symphony this past weekend. He's an almost perennial favorite of the Oregon Symphony and its audiences, so I thought this might be of interest. I'm glad to hear that he's on the radar for US\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;conducting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"conducting","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/conducting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"hannu-lintu.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/hannu-lintu.thumbnail.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":530,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/12\/classical-6-imix\/","url_meta":{"origin":3583,"position":3},"title":"Classical 6 iMix","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 12, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the iMix for this coming week's classical series concerts with conductor Hannu Lintu and cellist Ralph Kirshbaum. The recommended Sibelius recording is from a set recorded in the 60's by Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. I'd' long heard that it was a landmark recording of the complete\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/spacer1.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":539,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/11\/19\/thoughts-on-two-concerts-down-two-to-go\/","url_meta":{"origin":3583,"position":4},"title":"thoughts on two concerts down, two to go","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE: Oregonian music critic David Stabler gives his expanded list of Poets\/Scientist conductors here. Last night we played our second of four iterations of the Classical 6 program (three in Portland and a run-out to Salem on Tuesday night) under the direction of Finnish guest conductor Hannu Lintu. I was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"music","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2287,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/02\/a-mild-rant\/","url_meta":{"origin":3583,"position":5},"title":"a mild rant","author":"Charles Noble","date":"April 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Hannu Lintu This week we've been rehearsing with one of our regular guest conductors, the Finn Hannu Lintu.\u00c2\u00a0 He's a great guy, with a typical dry Finnish sense of humor, and is a wonderful musician.\u00c2\u00a0 He's also quite followable, even though his movements can look a bit indecipherable at times.\u00c2\u00a0\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":"hannu-lintu3.jpg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/hannu-lintu3.thumbnail.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583","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=3583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}