Monday, November 1st
never enough
What better way to begin the week?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 2 in D minor for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky (cello), 2020
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Saturday, October 30th
never enough
Steven Isserlis (cello), with Simon Callow (voice), playing and talking Bach, live, London, 10/24/21
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And then we are simply falling—
And the world goes by,
all the worlds, each more beautiful than the last;—Louise Glück (1943-), from “Poem” (Winter Recipes from the Collective, 2021)
2021
Tuesday, October 26th
sounds of Chicago
Spektral Quartet (Maeve Feinberg [violin], Clara Lyon [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), “Arnika” (Sufjan Stevens, arr. Gene Knific), Chicago, 1/28/21
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Tuesday, October 19th
like nobody else
Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987, cello) with New Philharmonia Orchestra (Daniel Barenboim, cond.), live (studio), London, 1967: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Cello Concerto in E minor (Op. 85, 1919)
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Monday, October 18th
never enough
What better way to begin the week?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky (cello), 1993
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Saturday, October 16th
like nobody else
Anton Webern (1883-1945), String Quartet (Op. 28, 1937-38); Psappha Ensemble (Benedict Holland and Sophie Rosa, violins; Vicci Wardman, viola; Jennifer Langridge, cello), live, England (Manchester), 2019
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Whenever I sleep
with my socks on
I have bad dreams—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from the Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento
2021
Tuesday, October 5th
tonight in Chicago
They’re performing at the Harris Theater.
Nathalie Joachim (vocals, flute, electronics), Spektral Quartet, Haitian children’s choir (recorded): “Suite pou Dantan: Prelid,” 2019 (Fanm d’Ayiti [Women of Haiti])
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Monday, October 4th
like nobody else
Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), live (performance begins at 19:30), Amsterdam, yesterday
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Saturday, October 2nd
timeless
One-word review: Wow!
Claude Debussy (1862-1918), String Quartet in G minor (1893), 3rd Mvt.; Quatuor Ebène, live (90th birthday celebration for pianist Menahem Pressler [1923-]), Paris, 2013
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A string of wild geese
wind-strewn
through the sky
their cries echoing
confused and scattered—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
2021
Thursday, September 9th
like nothing else
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Enigma (2019); Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), 2021
Movt. I
Movt. II
Movt. III
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When I consider
how in this world
all is falling blossom—
what then must become
of this self?—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney
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