sounds of Paris and Moscow
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Dylan Corlay, direction), live, Moscow (Tchaikovsky Concert Hall), 11/19/20: Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), Dérive 1; Bruno Mantovani (1974-), Chamber Concerto No. 2
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yesterday, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
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Light was on its way
from nothing
to nowhere.***
How could speed take shape?
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God is encrypting his account.
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “Accounts”
Why not begin the week, in this battered world, with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), Sila: The Breath of the World (2014); Oberlin Conservatory of Music (featuring students from the Brass and Percussion Departments; Timothy Weiss, cond.), live, Oberlin, Ohio, 9/11/20
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A world of dew,
and within every dewdrop
a world of struggle—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
sounds of Chicago
Hamid Drake (drums, percussion, voice; MCOTD Hall of Fame [right]) and Michael Zerang (drums, percussion [left]), live, Chicago (Constellation), last night (performance begins at 7:00)
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what’s new
Adrianne Lenker (voice, guitar, compositions), live (“anything,” “zombie girl,” “half return,” “forwards beckon rebound”), published 3/2/21
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With a warbler for
a soul, it sleeps peacefully,
this mountain willow—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill
sounds of Paris
Ensemble Intercontemporain (Pierre Bleuse, direction), live, Paris, 2/16/20: David Bastien, Urban Song (2019)
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other day, Chicago
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Insisting that change defined our world, Heraclitus concluded that we cannot step into the same river twice. Yet the novel coronavirus has taught us a newer truth: we cannot step into the same river even once.
—Robert Zaretsky, The Subervise Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas (2021), preface
sounds of Chicago
Josh Berman (cornet), Tomeka Reid (cello), Joshua Abrams (bass), Mike Reed (drums), live, Chicago (Constellation), 4/10/21
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How about something beautiful—and haunting—to begin the week?
Odeya Nini (voice, shruti box), “I See You” (edited), 2021
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what’s new
DUCKWRTH, live (“Kiss U Right Now,” “make u go,” “Birthday Suit,” “Super Good”), published 4/7/21
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more
Amalgamation Choir, live, Cyprus, published 2016
“Tis Trihas to Gefyri (Pontos)”
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“Nanourisma (Kato Italia)”
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sounds of Cyprus
Why not start the week with something different?
Amalgamation Choir, “Ksenitia tou Erota (Giorgos Kalogirou),” live, Cyprus, published 2016
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A lightning flash—
the sound of water drops
falling through bamboo—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
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