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I am really blown away by how good Elina V\u00c3\u00a4h\u00c3\u00a4l\u00c3\u00a4’s<\/a> Vivaldi Four Seasons<\/em> interpretation is – plenty of tasteful and imaginative ornaments, brisk tempos, beautiful sound and phrasing.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a very mature and probing look at such a familiar set of pieces – if you are at all on the fence about this concert, get off the fence: you will love it.\u00c2\u00a0 Buy your tickets<\/a> now, or tell your friends to come, too – I insist!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am really blown away by how good Elina V\u00c3\u00a4h\u00c3\u00a4l\u00c3\u00a4’s Vivaldi Four Seasons interpretation is – plenty of tasteful and imaginative ornaments, brisk tempos, beautiful sound and phrasing.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s a very mature and probing look at such a familiar set of pieces – if you are at all on the fence about this concert, get […]<\/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_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":[115,135,2],"tags":[3660],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-soloists-recitals","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-viola"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-8X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1258,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/10\/interesting-mediocre-horrible-or-simply-practical\/","url_meta":{"origin":555,"position":0},"title":"interesting, mediocre, horrible – or simply practical?","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 10, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen Marc Beaudoin takes a look at this year's OSO programming, and he doesn't like much of what he sees.\u00c2\u00a0 Here's a brief sample: The Oregon Symphony is playing fifteen Classical Series concerts this season. 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