sounds of New York
Matt Mitchell (1975-, piano), live, New York, 7/23/23
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), View of the Pont d’Asnieres (1887), detail
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Elegies & Pastorales;* Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/27/23
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*Three Pastorales, op. 24 (2004) for Iya Sergeevna Tsarevich
1. Larghetto 00:05
2. Andantino 01:56
3. Larghetto 03:27
Five Elegies, op. 35 (2004)
1. Grave 05:04
2. Andante 8:05
3. Allegro 11:08
4. Adagio 12:14
5. Allegretto 15:46
Four Pastorales, op. 156 (2005) for Alexander Knaifel
1. Andante 18:10
2. Moderato 20:54
3. Andante 22:30
4. Animato 25:17
Two Pieces, op. 96 (December 2007) for Virko Baley
1. Elegy 27:20
2. Pastorale 29:48
Three Pieces, op. 102 (May 2007) for Laura Reinila
1. Elegy 32:08
2. Waltz 35:01
3. Elegy 36:52
Two Pieces, op. 115 (February 2008) Boris Arkhimovich in memoriam
1. Pastorale 38:32
2. Elegy 41:32
Three Pastorales, op. 150 (2008)
1. Allegro vivace 44:57
2. Andante 46:58
3. Animato 48:40
Two Elegies, op. 165 (2010) V. M. Vorobyov in memoriam
1. Allegro 50:58
2. Andantino 52:48
Four Pastorales, op. 129 (2009)
1. Moderato 54:35
2. Allegretto 55:53
3. Moderato 57:19
4. Andantino 58:35
Two Elegies, op. 267 (2016)
1. Animato 1:00:01
2. Moderato 1:01:28
Three Pieces, op. 268 (2016)
1. Pastorale 1:04:01
2. Elegy 1:05:12
3. Waltz 1:07:55
Two Pastorales (May 2023, Berlin) for Yaroslav Hodyna
1. Moderato 1:09:04
2. Moderato 1:11:11
voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano) & Timeline (Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall, drums; Maurice Chestnut, tap percussion), live, South Korea, 2011
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Golden Gate Quartet, “God Told Nicodemus,” 1941
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
never enough
Alfred Brendel (1931-, piano), live, England (Snape, Suffolk), 2000: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Piano Sonata in E-flat major (Hob. XVI/49, L.59); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor (K.457, 21:40-)
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
basement jukebox
Jay Robinson with Penny & The Quarters, “Will I Ever,” c. 1970
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reading table
I’m making sense all the time of all the senseless things.
—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “A Film in Which I Play Everyone” (New Yorker, 8/21/23)
sounds of Chicago
“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Salem Travelers, James Herndon Singers, Voices of Triumph, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1969
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), “Serves Me Right to Suffer” (J. L. Hooker), live (TV show), Germany (Cologne), 1968
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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