Thursday, March 6th

by musicclipoftheday

never enough

Bach’s six cello suites, which I’ve been listening to for over forty years, never fail to astonish me—they breathe.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Jan Vogler (1964-), live, New York, 2013

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lagniappe

reading table

Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns
driven time and again off course . . . .

—The Odyssey, opening lines (Robert Fagles’ translation)

Smooth sailing wouldn’t make much of a story.