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Thursday, October 8th

Some music you listen to—some you inhabit.

John Luther Adams (1953-), Red Arc/Blue Veil (2001); Kirsten Volness (piano), Nick Gleason (percussion), live (studio performance), New York, 2014


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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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road to the World Series

[W]hen we’re playing these games that are very meaningful in September and October, I want them to go out there and play the game as though it were March 15, June 15, August 15 and then hopefully October 15. Don’t ever change the way you play the game.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon (last November)

Tuesday, October 6th

Sometimes it’s enough—more than enough—to be beautiful.

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Nocturne in B-flat minor (Op. 9, No. 1); Artur Rubinstein (1887-1982), piano

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road to the World Series

Don’t ever let the pressure exceed the pleasure.

Cubs manager Joe Maddon

Monday, October 5th

Once I enter this world, I never want to leave.

Morton Feldman (1926-1987), For Philip Guston (1984); Either/OR (Richard Carrick, piano/celesta; Margaret Lancaster, flutes; David Shively, percussion), live, Philadelphia, 2015

Wednesday, September 9th

serendipity

When this came on the radio the other day (WKCR, Columbia University), background became foreground.

Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Differences (1959)

Saturday, August 29th

never enough

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 6 in D major for Unaccompanied Cello, 4th Mvt. (Sarabande); Yo-Yo Ma, live


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random thoughts

Better one day awake—one moment, even—than ten years asleep.

Wednesday, August 26th

Ligeti fest
day three

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Requiem: Kyrie; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France (Esa-Pekka Salonen, cond.), live

Tuesday, August 25th

Ligeti fest
day two

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Cello Concerto; Ensemble C Barré (Sebastien Boin, cond.) with Alexis Descharmes (cello), live, France (Marseille), 2013

Monday, August 24th

Ligeti fest
day one

Gyorgy Ligeti (1923-2006), Piano Etude No. 13, “L’escalier du diable” (“The Devil’s Staircase”); Claudio Martinez Mehner, live, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., 2012


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random sights

last night, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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Saturday, August 22nd

sounds of Iceland

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Aura
NorthArc Percussion Group, live, Iceland (Reykjavik), 2012

 

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reading table

Even the crow
has a grove
to grow old in

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by David G. Lanoue

Monday, August 10th

Why not start the week with something strange?

Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), Tetras (1983); JACK Quartet, live, Philadelphia, 2014

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reading table

Trust in the Unexpected —

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #561 (Franklin)