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Tuesday, March 21st

Complex? Yes. But its complexity is matched by its clarity. It breathes.

Milton Babbitt (1916-2011), Composition for Twelve Instruments (1948, rev. 1954): Ensemble conducted by Ralph Shapey (1921-2002), 1962

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Tuesday, October 18th

Weary of the 21st century?

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Pieces de clavecin en concert No. 5: Marina Piccinini (flute), Kim Kashkashian (viola), Sivan Magen (harp), live, Boston, published 2021

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, October 3rd

voices I miss (more)

Steve Lacy (1934-2004, soprano saxophone) & Suzanna Klintcharova (harp), “Prospectus” (S. Lacy), live, Paris (?), 2002

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reading table

This road—
no one goes down it,
autumn evening.

—Matsuo Basho, 1644-1694 (translated from the Japanese by Robert Hass)

Wednesday, June 8th

like nobody else

Anthony Braxton (1945-, reeds, composition) with Dan Peck (tuba), Taylor Ho Bynum (brass), Tomeka Reid (cello), Jacqui Kerrod (harp), Shelly Burgon (harp), Adam Matlock (accordion, aerophones), “Composition No. 409,” live, New Haven (Connecticut), 2017

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random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

Friday, December 31st

what’s new

Arooj Aftab (vocals) with Darian Donovan Thomas (violin), Shahzad Ismaily (bass, synthesizer), Gyan Riley (guitar), Maeve Gilchrist (harp), live (“Suroor,” “Mohabbat,” “Saans Lo”), New York (Brooklyn), published 12/8/21

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random sights

last night, Chicago

Monday, December 6th

like nobody else

Anthony Braxton ZIM Sextet (AB [1945-], reeds, compositions; Taylor Ho Bynum, brass; Ingrid Laubrock, reeds; Tomeka Reid, cello; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; et al.), live, Moers (Germany), 2017

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, December 1st

alone

Jacqueline Kerrod (harp, electronics), 5/1/20

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Wednesday, February 24th

breathtaking

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Sonata for flute, viola, and harp (1915); Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Yulia Deyneka (viola), Aline Khouri (harp), live, Berlin, 2018

 

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, August 17th

mesmerizing

Philip Glass (1937-), “Metamorphosis Two”; Lavinia Meijer, harp, 2013

 

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

Tuesday, April 22nd

like nobody else

Anthony Braxton ZIM Sextet (AB, 1945-, reeds, composition; Taylor Ho Bynum, cornet, flugelhorn, trombone; Ingrid Laubrock, reeds; Tomeka Reid, cello; Shelley Burgon, harp; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; Dan Peck, tuba), live, Germany (Moers), 2017

 

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