Tuesday, September 18th
alone
Brad Mehldau (piano), “Three Pieces After Bach,” live, Paris, 2018
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Category: classical
2018
Monday, September 10th
sounds of Iceland
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Heyr þú oss himnum á (2005); Hljómeyki chamber choir, 2005
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
2018
Monday, August 20th
more
Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Cloud Trio (2009); Chartreuse (Myra Hinrichs, violin; Carrie Frey, viola; Helen Newby, cello), live, Los Angeles, 2016
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lagniappe
reading table
Walking in Mountains in the Rain
by Wang Wei, 699-759 (translated from Chinese by David Young,
Five T’ang Poets, 1990)In this quick cloudburst
air thickens, the sky comes downdark mountains
flashes of lightningout at sea new clouds
have just started to form
and this small brook I straddle
is a river in flood somewhererags and blankets of mist
hang on these slopes and cliffsthen the clouds open and vanish
rain patters off
and moonlight silvers
that whole reach of river
foothills to oceanand even from this black mountain
I can hear boatmen singing.
2018
Saturday, August 18th
3n
Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Light and Matter (2014); Longleash (Pala Garcia, violin; John Popham, cello; Renate Rohlfing, piano), live, New York, 2017
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lagniappe
reading table
Dust is the only secret.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 166 (Franklin)
2018
Tuesday, August 14th
what’s new
John Luther Adams (1953-), In the Name of the Earth (2018), live (excerpt), New York (Cathedral of St. John the Divine), 8/11/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Friday, August 3rd
serendipity
Just stumbled upon this—it’s improved my day immeasurably.
Tan Dun (1957-), Elegy: Snow in June (1991); Third Coast Percussion and Joshua Roman (cello), live, Seattle, 2015
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lagniappe
random sites
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Thursday, August 2nd
mesmerizing
John Luther Adams (1953-), Everything That Rises (2017); JACK Quartet, live, Ojai, Calif., 6/8/18
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Thursday, July26th
string quartets
day four
Helmut Lachenmann (1935-), String Quartet No. 3, “Grido,” excerpt; Mivos Quartet, live, New York, 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Wednesday, July 25th
string quartets
day three
Anton Webern, 1883-1945
Langsamer Satz (1905), Zorá String Quartet, c. 2014
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String Quartet (1938), Quatuor Debussy, c. 2009
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Monhegan Island, Maine
2018
Tuesday, July 24th
string quartets
day two
Dudok Quartet, live, Amsterdam, 2015*
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lagniappe
random sights
late yesterday, Monhegan Island, Maine
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*Program notes courtesy of YouTube:
Pérotin – Selection from Viderunt Omnes
Ligeti – String Quartet no. 2:
I. Allegro nervoso
II. Sostenuto, molto calmo
Debussy – Canope from Preludes, livre II
Ligeti – String Quartet no. 2:
III. Come un meccanismo di precisione
IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
V. Allegro con delicatezza
Brahms – Intermezzo in B minor op. 119 no. 1
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