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Category: piano

Thursday, February 16th

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Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (TV show [CBC]), 1975: Alban Berg (1885-1935), Piano Sonata (Op. 1), c. 1910

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), Checkered Tablecloth (1939), detail

Monday, February 13th

like nobody else

Glenn Gould (1932-1982, piano), live (studio [CBC broadcast]), 1955: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fifteen Three-Part Inventions

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago

Monday, February 6th

Beautiful, delicate, ever-changing: what better way to begin the week?

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes (Op. 28): Maria João Pires (piano), live, Portugal (Évora), 1987

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, February 4th

like nothing else

Live (performance begins at 4:30), New York and San Diego, 2/2/23

New York: Fay Victor (voice), Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone)

San Diego: Michael Dessen (trombone), Joshua White (piano), Mark Dresser (bass), Gerald Cleaver (drums)

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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reading table

We are the main character in the story of our life, and we claim our story is absolutely true, but it’s always edited, if not entirely false.

—author Aleksandar Hemon (1964-, interview), New City, February 2023

Saturday, January 28th

never enough

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Partita No. 1 in B-flat major: Maria João Pires (piano), live, Portugal (Évora), 1987

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Monday, January 23rd

like nothing else

DJ Spooky (AKA Paul D. Miller: turntables, electronics, interview) + Matthew Shipp Trio (MS, piano, interview; William Parker, bass; Guillermo Brown, drums), live, France (Seine-Saint-Denis), 2003

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Thursday, January 19th

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Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Palais de Mari (1986): Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007

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last night, Chicago

Tuesday, January 17th

like nobody else

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For Bunita Marcus (1985): Sabine Liebner (piano), 2007

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Ultimately the air / Is bare sunlight where must be found / The lyric valuables.

—George Oppen (1908-1984), from “From Disaster”

Monday, January 9th

never enough

What better way to begin the week?

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fifteen Three-Part Inventions: Boris Giltburg (1984-, piano), 2020

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art beat: yesterday, Smart Museum (University of Chicago)

Lucio Fontana (1899-1968), Concetto Spaziale, Attese (Spatial Concept, Expectations [1960]), detail

Wednesday, January 4th

sounds of New York

Mark Turner Quartet (MT, tenor saxophone; David Virelles, piano; Ben Street, bass; Paul Motian, drums), live (“Crepuscule With Nellie” [T. Monk], “Dance of the Infidels'” [B. Powell], “Conception Vessel” [P. Motian], “Song for Balkis” [B. Hart], “Sonnet for Stevie” [M. Turner], “Mumbo Jumbo” [P. Motian]), New York (Village Vanguard), 2011

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.