Wednesday, August 21st
another take
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2; Martha Argerich (1941-, piano), live, Germany (Saarbrücken), 1972
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Month: August, 2019
2019
Tuesday, August 20th
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne No. 8 in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2; Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950, piano), 1947
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Consonants are the body; vowels are breath.
—Sadiqa de Meijer, “The Ebbing Language,” Poetry, 9/19
2019
Monday, August 19th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
2019
Sunday, August 18th
sounds of Chicago
Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir (feat. Cynthia Price), Rev. Charles Hayes, “How Did You Feel Wilderness,” live, Chicago
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, August 17th
mesmerizing
Philip Glass (1937-), “Metamorphosis Two”; Lavinia Meijer, harp, 2013
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Friday, August 16th
summer in the city
black midi, live, Chicago, 7/21/19
“Ducter”
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“bmbmbm”
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Why should I be my aunt, / or me, or anyone?
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “In the Waiting Room”
2019
Thursday, August 15th
MCOTD Hall of Fame
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Violin and String Quartet (1985); Pellegrini Quartet with Peter Rundel (violin)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, August 14th
sounds of Nigeria and Chile
Newen Afrobeat feat. Seun Kuti (vocals) and Cheick Tidiane Seck (keyboards), “Opposite People” (F. Kuti), live (studio), Chile (Santiago), 2016
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Should we have stayed at home, / wherever that may be?
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Questions of Travel”
2019
Tuesday, August 13th
what’s new
Bon Iver, “iMi,” 8/8/19
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Monday, August 12th
passings
Something cheery to start the week.
David Berman (January 4, 1967–August 7, 2019), “All My Happiness Is Gone” (D. Berman), 2019 (Purple Mountains)
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