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Category: cello

Thursday, June 15th

sounds of New York

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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yesterday, Chicago

Thursday, June 8th

sounds of Chicago

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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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Wednesday, May 17th

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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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Tuesday, March 21st

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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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, March 15th

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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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, November 14th

more

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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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, November 12th

timeless

One-word review: astonishing.

Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909: Juilliard String Quartet

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musical thoughts

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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other day, Chicago

Thursday, November 10th

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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yesterday, Chicago

Tuesday, September 6th

timeless

Anton Webern (1883-1945), Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano (op. 11, 1914); Dmitri Atapine (cello), Hyeyeon Park (piano), 2014, California (Atherton)

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, August 29th

this week in Chicago

They will be playing, Thursday night, at the Chicago Jazz Festival.

Henry Threadgill’s Zooid (HT, 1944-, MCOTD Hall of Fame [flute, alto saxophone, compositions]), Liberty Ellman [guitar], Jose Davila [tuba, trombone], Christopher Hoffman [cello], Elliot Humberto Kavee [drums]), live, Washington, D.C., 2013

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Henry Threadgill, interview, 2021