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2017

Friday, February 10th

Quiet, beauty—sometimes they seem to have all but disappeared.

Valentin Silvestrov (piano), live, Ukraine (Kiev), 2012


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random thoughts

I’ve been a criminal defense lawyer for over 30 years. Week in and week out, I’m in federal and state courts. I have deeply mixed feelings about our legal system. But last night, as I read the Ninth Circuit’s 29-page ruling, I felt enormous gratitude for the one branch of government that currently seems capable of—or even interested in—thoughtful analysis.

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2017

Saturday, February 4th

never enough

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partitas No. 1 (B minor), 2 (D minor), and 3 (E major) for solo violin; Gidon Kremer (violin), live, Austria (Lockenhaus), 2006


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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Grapes, Lemons, Pears and Apples, 1887

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2017

Thursday, February 2nd

Last night, in Chicago, worn out by work and the world, I walked from my office to Symphony Center, where I heard these folks perform pieces by, among others, this composer—and I’m so glad I did.

Kremerata Baltica with Gidon Kremer (violin), live; Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996), Sinfonietta No. 2, excerpt (3rd mvt., Adagio)


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random sights

yesterday, Chicago

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2017

Wednesday, February 1st

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Wet Ink Ensemble, Pendulum V (Alex Mincek), live, New York, 2009

 

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in such an ugly time the true protest is beauty

—Phil Ochs (1940-1976), Pleasures of the Harbor (1967), liner notes

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2017

Tuesday, January 31st

Sunday night, in Chicago, I heard these folks perform at Constellation. Afterward, as I walked out the door, the night air seemed clearer, lighter, as if it had just been washed.

Wet Ink Ensemble, Pendulum VII (Alex Mincek), live, New York, 2013

 

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art beat: other day, High Line (New York)

Tony Matelli (1971-), Sleepwalker, 2014

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2017

Tuesday, January 25th

This I could listen to all day.

Jürg Frey (1953-), Sam Lazaro Bros (1984); Dante Boon, piano


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musical thoughts

As with breaths, so too with sounds: one after another—each new.

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art beat: other day, The Guggenheim (New York)

Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Tableau No. 2/Composition No. VII, 1913

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2017

Tuesday, January 24th

In a world so noisy what’s more precious than sounds so quiet?

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Piano and string quartet (1985), Sed Contra Ensemble, live (performance begins at 4:11), Ukraine (Lviv), 2016


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art beat: other day, Whitney Museum of American Art (New York)

Edward Hopper (1882-1967), A Woman in the Sun, 1961

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2017

Friday, January 20th

Something small, quiet, mysterious for this most unimaginable day.

Erik Satie (1866-1925), Gnossienne 1 (c. 1890); Alessio Nanni, piano


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The only choice we get is what to worship.

—David Foster Wallace (1962-2008), This Is Water

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2016

Saturday, December 31st

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita in A minor for Solo Flute; Sandra Miller (flute), live, New York, 2013


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radio

Bach Festival, WKCR-FM (see 12/22/16 post): Day Nine (alas, the last).

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The only response
to a child’s grave is
to lie down before it and play dead

—Bill Knott (1940-2014)

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2016

Thursday, December 29th

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, excerpt (Sarabande); Paolo Pandolfo, viola da gamba


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radio

Bach Festival, WKCR-FM (see 12/22/16 post): Day Seven.

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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