Thursday, June 10th
sounds of France
Yann Tiersen (synthesizer [Buchla Music Easel]), “Palestine” (Y. Tiersen), live, France (Ushant), published 5/18/21
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Month: June, 2021
2021
Wednesday, June 9th
what’s new
Tomeka Reid Quartet (TR, cello, compositions; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Jason Roebke, bass; Tomas Fujiwara, drums), live (“Billy Bang’s Bounce,” “Niki’s Bop,” “Ballad,” “Aug 6,” “Glass Light,” “Woodlawn”), Los Angeles, 5/27/21
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yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Tuesday, June 8th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suites No. 1 in G major and No. 3 in C major for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, London, 2020
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Monday, June 7th
timeless
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Pavana No. 292 in A minor; Jean Rondeau (16th century virginal [compact harpsichord]), published 6/4/21
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
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reading table
Only now I know
that power—greater than storms—
a heart-rending awe
silencing all the pines
at nightfall on the mountain.—Emperor Fushima (1265-1317), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Poetry of Zen, 2004)
2021
Sunday, June 6th
basement jukebox: sounds of Chicago
Rev. Singing Sammy Lewis, “I’m Glad About It,” Pts. 1 and 2 (I. Andrews), 1965
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Saturday, June 5th
basement jukebox: sounds of Chicago
Billy Stewart (1937-1970), “Sitting in the Park” (B. Stewart), 1965
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Friday, June 4th
One plus one can be so much more than two.
Martha Argerich (1941-, piano) and Daniel Barenboim (1942-, piano), live (Mozart’s Sonata KV 521; Debussy’s Les Épigraphes antiques; Bizet’s Jeux d’enfants, Op. 22), published 4/8/21
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Thursday, June 3rd
alone
One-word review: Wow!
Mitsuko Uchida (1948-, piano), live (performance begins at 2:45), London, yesterday: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), 4 Impromptus (D899), 4 Impromptus (D935)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, June 2nd
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, live, Paris, 6/9/20: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time, excerpt); Charles Ives (1874-1954), The Unanswered Question
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
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Tuesday, June 1st
never enough
Best job in music? Playing drums for Monk.
Thelonious Monk Quartet (TM [1917-1982], piano, compositions; Charlie Rouse, tenor saxophone; John Ore, bass; Frankie Dunlop, drums), live (“Monk’s Dream”; Drums solo; “Criss-Cross”; “Rhythm-a-Ning”; “Epistrophy”; “Evidence”; “Ruby, My Dear”; “Bright Mississippi”), Brussels, 1963
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