Thursday, July26th
string quartets
day four
Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), String Quartet No. 3, “Grido,” excerpt; Mivos Quartet, live, New York, 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: cello
2018
2018
Wednesday, July 25th
string quartets
day three
Anton Webern, 1883-1945
Langsamer Satz (1905), Zorá String Quartet, c. 2014
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String Quartet (1938), Quatuor Debussy, c. 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Tuesday, July 24th
string quartets
day two
Dudok Quartet, live, Amsterdam, 2015*
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lagniappe
random sights
late yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
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*Program notes courtesy of YouTube:
Pérotin – Selection from Viderunt Omnes
Ligeti – String Quartet no. 2:
I. Allegro nervoso
II. Sostenuto, molto calmo
Debussy – Canope from Preludes, livre II
Ligeti – String Quartet no. 2:
III. Come un meccanismo di precisione
IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
V. Allegro con delicatezza
Brahms – Intermezzo in B minor op. 119 no. 1
2018
Monday, July 23rd
string quartets
day one
Bela Bartok (1881-1945), String Quartet No. 3 (1927); Arditti Quartet, live (studio), Tokyo, 2017
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Thursday, May 24th
3n
day three
Anton Webern (1883-1945), String Trio, Op. 20 (1927)
Goeyvaerts String Trio, live
Part 1
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Part 2
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Difficult? Life is difficult. Not music.
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random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, May 8th
Bach festival
day two
Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky, cello
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Thursday, May 3rd
string quartet festival
day three
György Ligeti (1923-2006), String Quartet No. 2 (1968); Arditti Quartet, live (studio), Tokyo, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 2nd
string quartet festival
day two
Lawrence Wilde (aka Yuri Boguinia), String Quartet No. 3 (“Wilted Jasmine,” 2016); JACK Quartet, live
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, May 1st
string quartet festival
day one
Like painting, the string quartet endures. Composers keep finding new colors.
Thomas Adès (1971-), Arcadiana (1994)
Danish String Quartet, live, New York, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Tuesday, April 24th
More beauty?
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), String Quartet in F major (1903); Sacconi Quartet, live, London, 2015
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lagniappe
reading table
The snow is melting
and the village is flooded
with children.—Kobayashi Issa, 1763-1827 (translated from Japanese by Robert Haas)
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