Thursday, December 30th

by musicclipoftheday

spellbinding

Daniil Trifonov (1991-, piano), live, Verbier (Switzerland), 2012: Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849), Eight Études (Op. 10, No. 11; Op. 10, No. 6; Op. 25, No. 1; Op. 25, No. 5; Op. 10, No. 5; Op. 25, No. 6; Op. 25, No. 7; Op. 25, No. 11)

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lagniappe

reading table

Look, look greedily,
when dusk approaches,
look insatiably,
look without fear.

—Adam Zagajewski (1945–2021), from “Mountains” (translated from the Polish by Clare Cavanagh)