never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Yo-Yo Ma (1955-, cello), live (Great Smoky Mountains), published 9/7/23
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passings
Tristan Honsinger, cellist, etc., October 23, 1949–August 5, 2023
With Schuichi Chino (piano), live, Italy (Trieste), 4/7/23
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With Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, 2021
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With Jaimie Branch (1983-2022, trumpet), Herb Robertson (trumpet, etc.), Kresten Osgood (drums, etc.), live, Copenhagen, 2018
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With Cecil Taylor Quintet (CT, piano; Harri Sjostrom, soprano saxophone; TH, cello; Thurman Barker, marimba, percussion; Paul Lovens, drums), live, Germany (Hamburg), 1995
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Michael Attias (alto saxophone), Mat Maneri (viola), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello), Tom Rainey (drums), live, New York (Main Drag, Brooklyn), 3/29/23
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Stephen Haynes with Friends (SH, cornet; Josh Berman, cornet; Ben LaMar Gay, cornet; Sarah Clausen, alto saxophone; Hunter Diamond, tenor saxophone; Peter Maunu, guitar, violin; Katinka Kleijn, cello; Damon Locks, samples, electronics; Matthew Lux, bass), live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/30/23
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what’s new
Susan Alcorn (pedal steel guitar), Anthony Pirog (guitar), Jarrett Gilgore (alto saxophone), Janel Leppin (cello), live, Washington, D.C., 5/1/23
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Complex? Yes. But its complexity is matched by its clarity. It breathes.
Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948, rev. 1954): Ensemble conducted by Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), 1962
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serendipity
What a joy, last night, to bump into this.
Perfect? No.
Exhilarating? Yes.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 5 in C minor for Unaccompanied Cello: Isabelle Nichols (cello), live, Houston (Rice University), 2022
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Clarinet Quintet (K. 581): Armida Quartet with Sabine Meyer (clarinet), live, Italy (Merano [aka Meran]), 2019
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timeless
One-word review: astonishing.
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909: Juilliard String Quartet
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If I was in a deserted island I would take the complete works of J. S. Bach, A. Webern and Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart.
—YouTube comment
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sounds of New York
Myra Melford’s Fire and Water (MM, piano, composition; Mary Halvorson, guitar; Ingrid Laubrock, saxophones; Tomeka Reid, cello; Lesley Mok, drums), live, New York, 11/7/22
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