Spare, lyrical, introspective—what better way to end the week?
Abdullah Ibrahim (1934-, piano), live (“Blue Bolero,” “Signal on the Hill,” “Once Upon a Midnight”), Germany (Chiemgau), published 3/9/22
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my back pages
In the digital age, nothing, it seems, ever disappears, including, for instance, a review of his trio that I wrote, for the Chicago Reader, in 1995.
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random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
what’s new
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (1977-, violin), Joonas Ahonen (1984-, piano), live, Vienna (Austria), published 3/8/22: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor (excerpt [Movts. III-IV]); George Antheil (1900-1959), Violin Sonata No. 1 (excerpt [Movt. IV), 1923)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 3/1/22
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
like nobody else
In a world of too much—news, suffering, noise—he offers a small, quiet space to inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For John Cage (1982); Jesse Mills (violin), Rieko Aizawa (piano), live, New York (Bargemusic, Brooklyn), 7/30/21
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composer, pianist), Kyiv (Ukraine), 4/18/21, playing Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, from The Well-Tempered Clavier), Robert Schumann (1810-1856, from Op. 99)
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reading table
Hard on the land wears the strong sea / and empty grows every bed.
—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “Dream Song 1”
basement jukebox
Harmonizing Four (feat. Jimmy Jones), “In Jerusalem” (J. Williams), 1959
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Variations for piano, op. 27 (1936); Maurizio Pollini (1942-, piano), live, Paris, 2002
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-), “Open,” 2018
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reading table
Any fence maintains the other / side is “without form.”
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “As We’re Told”
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composition, piano), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2012
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York, 2/22/22 (published yesterday)
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
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