Wednesday, April 13th
timeless
1909?
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909; Telegraph Quartet, live, 2018
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yesterday, Chicago
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2022
Saturday, April 9th
never enough
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo in D Major (K. 485), Fantasia in C Minor (K. 475); Leif Ove Andsnes (1970-, piano), live, Vienna (Austria), published 4/8/22
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reading table
For you I have emptied the meaning
Leaving the song—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 9)
2022
Thursday, April 7th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), String Quartet No. 1 (1974); Royal String Quartet, live, Warsaw (Poland), 2021
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Tuesday, April 5th
alone
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 2 (1894); Ivo Pogorelić (1958-, piano), published 2014
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musical thoughts
Music is a means of rapid transportation.
—John Cage (1912-1992)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2022
Thursday, March 30th
spellbinding
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000, piano), Claudio Abbado (1933-2014, conductor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, live, Vienna (Austria), 1986: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K488)
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Tuesday, March 29th
sounds of Ukraine
Denys Karachevtsev (cello), live, Ukraine (Kharkiv), published 3/22/22: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, excerpt (1st Movt., Prelude)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Thursday, March 24th
sounds of Ukraine
Julia Gomelskaya (1964-2016), Symphony No. 2 (“Ukraine Forever”), 2010; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Mykola Dyadyura, cond.), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2011
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other day, Chicago
2022
Wednesday, March 16th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Symphony No. 1 (1963-74); National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Volodymyr Sirenko, cond.), Kyiv (Ukraine), 1998
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musical thoughts
Music is still song, even if one cannot literally sing it: it is not a philosophy, not a world-view. It is, above all, a chant, a song the world sings about itself, it is the musical testimony to life.
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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, March 12th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Meta-Waltz; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (Volodymyr Sirenko, cond.), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 9/25/21
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yesterday, Chicago
2022
Thursday, March 10th
what’s new
Patricia Kopatchinskaja (1977-, violin), Joonas Ahonen (1984-, piano), live, Vienna (Austria), published 3/8/22: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor (excerpt [Movts. III-IV]); George Antheil (1900-1959), Violin Sonata No. 1 (excerpt [Movt. IV), 1923)
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