{"id":6327,"date":"2011-05-07T01:04:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T05:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=6327"},"modified":"2011-05-15T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T05:48:40","slug":"sancho-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/07\/sancho-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"sancho rules!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Was trolling YouTube for cool classical performances (no, that&#8217;s NOT an oxymoron!), and found a hidden jewel: a 2004 Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Strauss&#8217; Don Quixote with Yo-Yo Ma as the famous man from La Mancha, and my former teacher Roberto Diaz as his faithful sidekick, Sancho Panza. Not surprisingly, they both kick major ass. This is the excerpt that has the most major of the several viola solos in the piece, wherein there is a dialogue between the Knight and his Squire.<\/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\/PT3gi6Esfo8?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>Was trolling YouTube for cool classical performances (no, that&#8217;s NOT an oxymoron!), and found a hidden jewel: a 2004 Philadelphia Orchestra performance of Strauss&#8217; Don Quixote with Yo-Yo Ma as the famous man from La Mancha, and my former teacher Roberto Diaz as his faithful sidekick, Sancho Panza. Not surprisingly, they both kick major ass. 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