Thursday, May 6th
sounds of Togo and France
Vaudou Game, “Pas Contente,” 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
2021
Wednesday, May 5th
never enough
This sound-world I could live in all day.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (excerpts); Piotr Anderszewski (piano), live, Germany (Hamburg), 4/16/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, May 4th
alone
György Kurtág (1926-), from Signs, Games and Messages (Jelek 1, Jelek 2); Nuala McKenna (cello), live, Netherlands (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo), published 5/1/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2021
Monday, May 3rd
timeless
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Six Pieces for Large Orchestra, (Op. 6; 1909-10, revised 1928), Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) conducting an unidentified orchestra, live, Japan
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, outside Chicago (Illinois Prairie Path)
2021
Sunday, May 2nd
sounds of Chicago
“Peter, Don’t Be Afraid,” Soul Stirrers, Inez Andrews, New Friendship Baptist Church Inspirational Choir, live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), Chicago, 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago
2021
Saturday, May 1st
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona, “Читаю реп,” published 4/8/21
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Friday, April 30th
sounds of Colombia and Canada
Lido Pimienta, “Coming Thru” (L. Pimienta), published 3/9/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2021
Thursday, April 29th
sounds of Norway
Sinikka Langeland (kantele, voice), “Eye of the Blue Whale” (S. Langeland), published 4/28/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
It is hard to believe of the world that there should be
music in it . . .—William Bronk (1918-1999, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “The Nature of Musical Form”
2021
Wednesday, April 28th
more
Erik Satie (1866-1925), from Sonneries de la Rose+Cross (No. 2); Reinbert de Leeuw (1938-2020, piano), live, Amsterdam
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, April 27th
sounds of New York
Nate Wooley (trumpet, compositions), et al., Mutual Aid Music, live, New York, 12/11/20 ((performance begins at 6:40)
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Skylark
sings all day,
and day not long enough.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto
