Tuesday, December 19th
One-word review: Wow!
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Lachrymae (1950); Yuri Bashmet (viola), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), live
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2017
Thursday, December 7th
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in D minor, excerpt (Sarabande); Hilary Hahn, violin
2017
Thursday, November 30th
sublime
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations, Aria
Peter Serkin, live, Japan (Hiroshima), 8/5/17
2017
Thursday, October 19th
tomorrow night
They’re playing at the University of Chicago—Bartok and Ligeti.
Wolfgang Rihm (1952-), String Quartet No. 13
Arditti Quartet, live, London, 2012
2017
Thursday, September 28th
never enough
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major (:07-), Fantasia in C minor (22:42-), Sonata No. 14 in C minor (39:54-); Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000), live, Germany (Munich), 1990
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
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2017
Saturday, September 23rd
mesmerizing
Enno Poppe (1969-), Stoff (2015); Ensemble Dal Niente (Enno Poppe, guest cond.), live, Chicago, 2016
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lagniappe
found words
I’m above the soil—and I love it.
—Neighbor’s response this morning when I asked how he was doing.
2017
Thursday, September 21st
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1
András Schiff (piano), live, London, 9/7/17
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reading table
Cold night: the wild duck,
sick, falls from the sky
and sleeps awhile.—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass
2017
Thursday, September 14th
more
Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Petals (1988; cello and electronics); Imke Frank (cello) and Gary Berger (live electronics), live, Switzerland (Winterthur), 2011
2017
Wednesday, September 13th
another take
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Light Within (2007); Late Music Ensemble, live, England (York), 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2017
Saturday, September 9th
Need a break from listening to yourself?
Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Nocturne for solo violin (1994)
Alexi Kenney (violin), live, New York, 2016
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reading table
John Ashbery (July 28, 1927-September, 3, 2017)
Whatever we’re dealing with catches us
in mid-reconsideration. It’s beautiful,
my lord, just not made to be repeated,
that’s all.***
It was a moment, what can I say.
—John Ashbery (1927-), “A Breakfast Radish,” “Domani, Dopodomani” (fragments), Breezeway (2015)
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