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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reading table
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
How about something you’ve (probably) never heard before?
Lee Hyla (1952-2014), Pre-Pulse Suspended, 1984 (We Speak Etruscan, 1996)
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random sights
this morning, Chicago
alone
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, piano, compositions), Bagatelles – VIII (2018)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
Think how they must look now, the mangrove keys
lying out there unresponsive to the lightning
in dark, coarse-fibred families,where occasionally a heron may undo his head,
shake up his feathers, make an uncertain comment
when the surrounding water shines.—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Little Exercise”
like nobody else
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Structures (1951); Arditti Quartet, 2016
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random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
never enough
One of the greatest pianists alive—now seventy-nine.
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Ballade No. 1 in G minor (1831); Maurizio Pollini (1942-, piano), live, Milan, 6/25/21
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
Two takes.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo in D major, K. 485
Víkingur Ólafsson (1984-, piano), published yesterday
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Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989, piano), live, Vienna, 1987
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random sights
other day, Chicago
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986); Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor; Menno van Delft (clavichord), live, Amsterdam, 2015
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passings
Frederic Rzewski, composer, pianist, April 13, 1938 – June 26, 2021
The People United Will Never Be Defeated! (1975), live, Miami, 2007
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor; Martha Argerich (1941-, piano), live, Germany (Hamburg), 6/25/20
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