{"id":6144,"date":"2011-04-13T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=6144"},"modified":"2011-04-13T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T17:18:48","slug":"woodshed-piece-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/13\/woodshed-piece-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"woodshed piece of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s William Walton&#8217;s <em>Partita for Orchestra<\/em>. Here&#8217;s the first movement &#8211; <em>Toccata<\/em> &#8211; led by John Barbirolli. Anything entitled <em>Toccata<\/em> is always a pain in the ass to play.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l0VIWiXybpg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, it&#8217;s William Walton&#8217;s Partita for Orchestra. Here&#8217;s the first movement &#8211; Toccata &#8211; led by John Barbirolli. Anything entitled Toccata is always a pain in the ass to play.<\/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":[2],"tags":[2639,2638,2637],"class_list":["post-6144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-barbirolli","tag-partita-for-orchestra","tag-william-walton"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1B6","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":822,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/03\/04\/kernis-to-spend-two-week-residency-in-seattle\/","url_meta":{"origin":6144,"position":0},"title":"kernis to spend two-week residency in Seattle","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 4, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Gathering Note reports that composer Aaron Jay Kernis will be in residence with the Seattle Symphony for two weeks in an upcoming season (not yet specified). 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