sounds of all over
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, marimba, electronics, compositions), with Kim Cass (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Mauricio Herrera (percussion), from the recording sessions for More Touch, 2022
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
what’s new
Patricia Brennan (vibraphone, marimba, electronics, composition), with Kim Cass (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Mauricio Herrera (percussion): “Sizigia (Syzygy),” published 10/13/22
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random sights
other day, Chicago
never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Goldberg Variations, excerpts; Gideon Van Canneyt (marimba) and Silas Van den Spiegel (marimba), live, Koninklijk Conservatorium (Royal Conservatory of Brussels), Brussels, Belgium, 2020
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random sights
other day, outside Chicago
alone (another take)
Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015); Ji Hye Jung (marimba), 2019
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
alone
Lukas Ligeti (1965-), “Thinking Songs” (2015), Mvt. III (Four-Part Invention); Caitlin Jones (marimba), 2021
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passings
William Klein, photographer, filmmaker, April 19, 1926–September 10, 2022
Dance in Brooklyn, New York, 1955
like nobody else
This I return to again, and again, and again.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Philip Guston (1984); S.E.M. Ensemble, 2000
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random sights
a while ago, Ireland (Dingle Peninsula)
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Luther Adams (1953-), The Farthest Place (2001); Robin Lorentz (violin), Amy Knoles (vibraphone, marimba), Bryan Pezzone (piano), Barry Newton (bass), 2002
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random sights
other day, Chicago
sounds of Mexico
Son Rompe Pera, live (“Proteus,” “FOS,”” Reina de Cumbias,” “Ay David!,” “El Palo Poste”), Mexico City, published 10/17/20
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random sights
other day, Chicago
*****
reading table
All I want
is not to befirst on one side,
then the other,but to conjure
a streamof sounds and images
for which I am notresponsible.
and maneuver within it—mouth and tail
one thought.—Rae Armantrout, from “Conjure” (Conjure, 2020)
This I could listen to all day.
John Luther Adams (1953-), songbirdsongs (1974-80), excerpt (Mvt. V, Mourning Dove); Sandbox Percussion (marimba) with Jessica Sindell, Martha Aarons, Zack Patten, John Luther Adams (ocarinas); live, Montana (Fishtail), 2018
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random sights
other day, Chicago
Soundtrack to a dream I’d love to have.
Steve Reich (1936-), Nagoya Marimbas (1994); ensemble 0, live, France (Pau), 2010
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
. . . life and the memory of it so compressed
they’ve turned into each other. Which is which?—Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), from “Poem”
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