Feeling glum? (Not anymore.)
Caroline Shaw (1982-), Partita for 8 Voices (Pulitzer Prize for Music, 2013); Roomful of Teeth, live, Canada (Vancouver), 2016
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
like nobody else
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Igor Levit (piano), 9/10/20
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always fresh
Steve Reich (1936-), Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76); Amadinda Percussion Group & Musicians, live, Budapest, 2003
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alone
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), “For Susanna Kyle” (L. Bernstein, from “Five Anniversaries”), live, 2020
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Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BMV 543); Kris Verhelst (harpsichord), live, Belgium (Antwerp), 2016
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alone
Sam Weinberg (tenor saxophone), live, New York, 9/8/20
#1
#2
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what’s new
George Lewis (1952-), String Quartet No. 1.5, “Experiments in Living” (2016); Spektral Quartet, 8/27/20
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alone
Bessie Jones (1902-1984), “I’m A Rollin’, I’m A Rollin’ (Everybody’s A Rollin’ Stone),” 1961, New York (Alan Lomax’s apartment)
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*****
reading table
to become a dewdrop
I bow
in prayer . . .—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue
sounds of Chicago
Twin Talk (Dustin Laurenzi, tenor saxophone; Katie Ernst, bass, voice; Andrew Green, drums), live, Chicago (Constellation), 8/14/20
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Mike Reed’s Loose Assembly (MR, drums; Greg Ward, alto saxophone; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jason Adasiewicz, vibraphone; Joshua Abrams, bass), live (performance begins at 13:10), Chicago (Constellation), 8/15/20
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other day, outside Chicago
*****
reading table
Moon in midsky, high
over the village hovels
and wandering on—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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