Tuesday, July 6th
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Léo Margue, cond.), live, Paris, 1/27/21: Matthew Monaco (1997-), Scaling
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other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
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2021
Monday, June 28th
never enough
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, excerpt (Prelude and Fugue No. 8 in E-flat minor); Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997), piano
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other day, Chicago
2021
Tuesday, June 15th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 5 in C minor for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, New York, 2018
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other day, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)
2021
Tuesday, June 8th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suites No. 1 in G major and No. 3 in C major for Unaccompanied Cello; Steven Isserlis (cello), live, London, 2020
2021
Thursday, June 3rd
alone
One-word review: Wow!
Mitsuko Uchida (1948-, piano), live (performance begins at 2:45), London, yesterday: Franz Schubert (1797-1828), 4 Impromptus (D899), 4 Impromptus (D935)
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Wednesday, June 2nd
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain, live, Paris, 6/9/20: Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time, excerpt); Charles Ives (1874-1954), The Unanswered Question
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2021
Saturday, May 29th
never enough
András Schiff (1953-, piano), playing Bach and Beethoven, London, yesterday*
*Program:
Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier (“WTC”), Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A flat major
Bach: WTC, Book II, Prelude and Fugue No. 17 in A flat major
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 12 in A flat (Op. 26)
Bach: WTC, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor
Bach: WTC, Book II, Prelude and Fugue No. 6 in D minor
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor (Op. 31)
Bach: WTC, Book I, Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F sharp minor
Bach: WTC, Book II, Prelude and Fugue No. 14 in F sharp minor
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 24 in F sharp (Op. 78)
Encore: Bach, Invention No. 8 in F
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Monday, May 10th
sounds of Paris
Why not begin the week with something unlike anything else?
Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction; Paul Fitzsimon, direction; Bruno Mantovani, direction), live, Paris, 2016: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Gruppen for three orchestras (1955-1957)
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art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago
Claude Monet, 1840-1926, Luncheon under the Tent, Giverny, c. 1883-86, detail (Monet in Chicago, through 6/14/21)
2021
Wednesday, May 5th
never enough
This sound-world I could live in all day.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (excerpts); Piotr Anderszewski (piano), live, Germany (Hamburg), 4/16/21
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2021
Tuesday, May 4th
alone
György Kurtág (1926-), from Signs, Games and Messages (Jelek 1, Jelek 2); Nuala McKenna (cello), live, Netherlands (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo), published 5/1/21
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