{"id":8119,"date":"2013-01-05T14:53:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T22:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/?p=8119"},"modified":"2013-01-05T14:53:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T22:53:10","slug":"andre-watts-is-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/05\/andre-watts-is-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"andre watts is coming!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-8120\" alt=\"Andre_Watts_1_orig\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Andre_Watts_1_orig-599x399.jpg?resize=580%2C386\" width=\"580\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m am very psyched for Andre Watts&#8217; return to the Oregon Symphony &#8211; especially since he&#8217;s playing one of my all-time favorite piano concertos, Beethoven&#8217;s &#8216;Emperor&#8217;. Here&#8217;s something to whet your appetite until the weekend (or Friday, if you&#8217;re in Salem):<\/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\/Rekfx1hatGs?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>I&#8217;m am very psyched for Andre Watts&#8217; return to the Oregon Symphony &#8211; especially since he&#8217;s playing one of my all-time favorite piano concertos, Beethoven&#8217;s &#8216;Emperor&#8217;. Here&#8217;s something to whet your appetite until the weekend (or Friday, if you&#8217;re in Salem):<\/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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1027,13],"tags":[3223,501,3227,3226,3668],"class_list":["post-8119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-piano-music","category-video","tag-andre-watts","tag-beethoven","tag-christoph-koenig","tag-emperor-concerto","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-26X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8135,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/14\/andre-watts-beyond-the-notes\/","url_meta":{"origin":8119,"position":0},"title":"andre watts &#8211; beyond the notes","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"This week our guest soloist with the orchestra has been the legendary pianist Andre Watts. 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