{"id":7327,"date":"2012-02-17T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T03:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=7327"},"modified":"2013-02-07T21:03:54","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T05:03:54","slug":"golijovs-tenebrae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/17\/golijovs-tenebrae\/","title":{"rendered":"golijov&#8217;s tenebrae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Osvaldo Golijov is writing some of the most original and strikingly beautiful music to be found on the concert stage these days. On the Arnica Quartet&#8217;s upcoming March 23 concert (click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/278094\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for more info and tickets), we&#8217;re playing Golijov&#8217;s dark and evocative piece <em>Tenebrae<\/em>, in its version for string quartet, which was originally written for the Kronos Quartet in 2003. The brilliant, young chamber orchestra (which plays un-conducted) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/www.afarcry.org\" target=\"_blank\">A Far Cry<\/a>, made their own arrangement for string orchestra of the work, and it&#8217;s a great introduction to the piece. Included in the video is a conversation with the composer and two of the members of the orchestra: its concertmaster and principal violist. Enjoy.<\/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\/nLHcPhIqRjU?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;hd=1&#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>Osvaldo Golijov is writing some of the most original and strikingly beautiful music to be found on the concert stage these days. On the Arnica Quartet&#8217;s upcoming March 23 concert (click here for more info and tickets), we&#8217;re playing Golijov&#8217;s dark and evocative piece Tenebrae, in its version for string quartet, which was originally written [&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_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":[148,136,167,183,503],"tags":[901,2456,2949,2950],"class_list":["post-7327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appreciations","category-chamber-music","category-composition","category-contemporary","category-string-quartet","tag-a-far-cry","tag-arnica-string-quartet","tag-osvaldo-golijov","tag-tenebrae"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-1Ub","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7248,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2012\/01\/17\/arnica-quartet-tickets-now-on-sale\/","url_meta":{"origin":7327,"position":0},"title":"arnica quartet tickets now on sale","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"The Arnica Quartet is presenting their second concert of the season in Portland on Friday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Music Center. 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I'm not sure how much validity there is to the assertions of two Eugene music authorities (writer and critic Tom Manoff and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;composition&quot;","block_context":{"text":"composition","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/composition\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2461,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/02\/great-recording-debut\/","url_meta":{"origin":7327,"position":3},"title":"great recording debut","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The senza conductor chamber orchestra A Far Cry, based out of Boston, has released their first recording, entitled A Far Cry: Debut. You can preview tracks and purchase downloads (320kbs mp3 files) from their page at InstantEncore.com. 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