Tuesday, July 3rd
violin festival
day two
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Four pieces for violin and piano (1910)
Joseph Szigeti (1892-1973, violin), Roy Bogas (piano), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: classical
2018
2018
Monday, July 2nd
violin festival
day one
Listening to this the floor begins to feel less solid.
Michael Hersch (1971-), “the weather and landscape is on our side” for unaccompanied violin (2015); Miranda Cuckson, 2017 (published)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Bellwood, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, June 6th
viola festival
day two
Morton Feldman (1926-1987; MCOTD Hall of Fame), The Viola in My Life (1970); João Pedro Delgado (viola), et al., live, Portugal, 2014
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 30th
more sounds of Iceland
Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aeriality (2011); Iceland Symphony Orchestra, live, 2011, Iceland (Reykjavik)
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, May 24th
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day three
Anton Webern (1883-1945), String Trio, Op. 20 (1927)
Goeyvaerts String Trio, live
Part 1
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Part 2
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
Difficult? Life is difficult. Not music.
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random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 9th
Bach festival
day three
Goldberg Variations, Aria; Peter Serkin, live, Japan (Hiroshima), 2017
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lagniappe
random thoughts: prayer (3 a.m.)
Thank you, unknowable other, for this most miraculous moment.
2018
Tuesday, May 8th
Bach festival
day two
Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Mischa Maisky, cello
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Monday, May 7th
Bach festival
day one
Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, 3rd movement (Largo)
Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Berlin, 2013
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Thursday, May 3rd
string quartet festival
day three
György Ligeti (1923-2006), String Quartet No. 2 (1968); Arditti Quartet, live (studio), Tokyo, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
last night, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Wednesday, May 2nd
string quartet festival
day two
Lawrence Wilde (aka Yuri Boguinia), String Quartet No. 3 (“Wilted Jasmine,” 2016); JACK Quartet, live
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lagniappe
random sights
other night, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 