Tuesday, January 8th
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 1 in G major; Lucia Swarts (cello), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2014
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2019
Friday, January 4th
like nobody else
Arthur Russell (1951-1992), singer, songwriter, cellist, producer; “That’s Us/Wild Combination” (A. Russell), with Jennifer Warnes (Calling Out of Context, 2004)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2019
Thursday, January 3rd
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 6 in D major; Sergey Malov (violoncello de spalla), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2016
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reading table
from the hole
in the moneybox . . .
a katydid—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue)
2018
Monday, December 31st
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor; Steuart Pincombe (cello), live, Netherlands (Amsterdam), 2018
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radio
WKCR’s Bach Festival, which began the day before Christmas, concludes at midnight.
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, November 12th
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Tyshawn Sorey Double Trio (TS, composition, conducting, drums; Cory Smythe, piano; Chris Tordini, bass; Fung Chern Hwei, violin; Kyle Amburst, viola; Rubin Kodheli, cello), “The Inner Spectrum of Variables” (T. Sorey), live, Ojai, Calif., 2017
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art beat
other day, National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago
Nicolas de Jesus (1960-), La ofrenda (The Offering), 2009 (Día de Muertos: A Spiritual Legacy, through December 9th)
2018
Tuesday, October 30th
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Arvo Pärt (1935-), Fratres (1977); Stéphane Tétreault (cello), Charles Richard-Hamelin (piano), live (studio), Montreal, 2015
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yesterday, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
2018
Monday, October 29th
Why not begin the week with something slow and simple, something quiet?
Arvo Pärt (1935-), Spiegel im Spiegel (1978); Leonhard Roczek (cello), Herbert Schuch (piano), live, Austria (Salzburg), 2014
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Saturday, October 13th
Last night, at the University of Chicago (Mandel Hall), they opened with this piece, which was followed by Shostakovich (String Quartet No. 4 in D Major), Brahms (String Quartet in A Minor) and, in an encore, Webern (Langsamer Satz). One-word review: spellbinding.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4 (excerpt); Takács Quartet, live, New York, 2018
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, October 11th
this weekend in Chicago
They’re also playing at the University of Chicago—tomorrow night.
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), String Quartet in F major (1903), 1st Mvt.
Takács Quartet, live, New York, 2017
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