Friday, October 11th
what’s new
Bambara, “Serafina,” 10/2/19
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Month: October, 2019
2019
Thursday, October 10th
serendipity
John Cage (1912-1992), Amores (1943, for prepared piano and percussion trio)
Some sounds, heard in the middle of the night, can make you feel grateful to have ears.
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Wednesday, October 9th
sounds of the 14th century
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377), Messe de Notre Dame (begins at 6:15; preceded by Introit [polyphonic chant]); Ensemble Gilles Binchois, live, France (Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence), published 2011
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Identity is made
of select experiences.***
If you are genuinely sick,
the leaves recedeand the flickering holes between them
come forward—not angels, but
unnamed objects—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Vultures” (Poetry, 10/19)
2019
Tuesday, October 8th
more sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Requiem for Larissa (1997-1998, written for the composer’s wife); National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, National Academic Choir of Ukraine, live, Kiev, 2000
In this world of too much, too fast, too loud, something slow and deliberate can seem subversive.
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Monday, October 7th
sounds of the 12th century
Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179), excerpts from O quam mirabilis, O tu suavissima virga, Ave Maria; Hirundo Maris (Arianna Savall, vocals, et al.), live, 2014
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2019
Sunday, October 6th
sounds of Seneca, South Carolina
Fantastic Violinaires, “Where He Leads Me” (featuring Danny Walker, in his hometown), live, Seneca, S.C., 2015
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Saturday, October 5th
sounds of New York
Jaimie Branch’s Fly or Die (JB, trumpet, compositions; Lester St. Louis, cello; Anton Hatwich, bass; Chad Taylor, drums), live, New York, 2018
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Friday, October 4th
sounds of Ukraine
day five
Gurt [0] (AKA rypt [0]), “Мушечки,” 2018
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yesterday, Chicago
2019
Thursday, October 3rd
sounds of Ukraine
day four
How about something quiet, delicate, beautiful?
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Post-scriptum (1990); Movses Pogossian (violin), Alexei Lubimov (piano), live, Los Angeles, 2016
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Floating on a Marsh
by Wang Wei (701-61), translated from Chinese by David Young
Autumn
the sky huge and clear
the marsh miles from farms and houses
overjoyed by the cranes
standing around the sandbars
the mountains above the clouds in the distance
this water
utterly still
in the dusk
the white moon overhead
I let my boat drift free tonight
I can’t go home.
2019
Wednesday, October 2nd
sounds of Ukraine
day three
Bichkraft, “Didn’t Know,” 2015
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