Wednesday, March 9th
what’s new
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 3/1/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: hard-to-peg
2022
Tuesday, March 8th
like nobody else
In a world of too much—news, suffering, noise—he offers a small, quiet space to inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For John Cage (1982); Jesse Mills (violin), Rieko Aizawa (piano), live, New York (Bargemusic, Brooklyn), 7/30/21
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, March 4th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-), “Open,” 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
Any fence maintains the other / side is “without form.”
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “As We’re Told”
2022
Wednesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York, 2/22/22 (published yesterday)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
2022
Tuesday, March 1st
sounds of Berlin
Stephan Bodzin (DJ), live, Berlin, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, February 28th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Requiem for Larissa (1997-1998, written in memory of the composer’s wife); Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra (Hobart Earle, cond.) and the National Choir of Ukraine (Yevhen Savchuk, choirmaster ), live, Odessa (Ukraine), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, February 26th
A sound-world like no other.
Enno Poppe (1969-), Prozession (2015/20); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Enno Poppe, cond.), live, Leipzig (Germany), 11/22/20
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Friday, February 25th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-)
“Рими на бітах,” 12/6/21
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“Стержень” (feat. KALUSH, et al.), 2020
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“Голови,” 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
. . . all news feels foreign today . . .
—Mike McCormack, Solar Bones (2016)
2022
Monday, February 21st
timeless
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Rothko Chapel (1971); Nikola Kachanov Singers and Russian Chamber Singers of New York (Nikolai Kachanov, direction) with Jessica Meyer (viola), Zen Wu (soprano), Issei Herr (cello), Jeffrey Irving (percussion), Roberta Michel (flute), Mikhail Zeiger (celesta), live, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, 6/2/19
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Mark Rothko (1903-1970), detail from Untitled (Purple, White, and Red), 1953
2022
Friday, February 18th
sounds of Chicago
Ben Lamar Gay, “Oh Great Be the Lake” (B. Gay), published 10/6/21 (Open Arms to Open Us, 2021)
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 