sounds of Chicago
Chicago Community Choir (with Rev. Milton Brunson [1929-1997, direction, vocals], Jessy Dixon [1938-2011, vocals, piano], et al.), “I’ll Tell It,” live (TV show [Jubilee Showcase]), 1966
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Music avoids impossibility.
—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 2)
never enough
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Rondo in D Major (K. 485), Fantasia in C Minor (K. 475); Leif Ove Andsnes (1970-, piano), live, Vienna (Austria), published 4/8/22
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For you I have emptied the meaning
Leaving the song—Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978), from “Anew” (section 9)
alone
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 2 (1894); Ivo Pogorelić (1958-, piano), published 2014
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Music is a means of rapid transportation.
—John Cage (1912-1992)
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random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
How about something quiet?
Mat Maneri Quartet/Dust (MM, viola; Lucian Ban, piano; John Hébert, bass; Randy Peterson, drums), playing and talking, Romania (Brasov), 2021 (published 2/12/22)
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spellbinding
Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000, piano), Claudio Abbado (1933-2014, conductor), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, live, Vienna (Austria), 1986: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K488)
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spring: another take
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009; vocals, piano), “They Say It’s Spring” (M. Clark, B. Haymes), 1958
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voices I miss
Billy Bang Quintet (BB, 1947-2011, violin, compositions; James Zollar, trumpet; Andrew Bemkey, piano; Todd Nicholson, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, drums), live, New York, 2006
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Look at your past, how it’s grown.
—Karen Solie (1966-), from “All That Is Certain Is Night Lasts Longer Than the Day”
what’s new
Ensemble Musikfabrik (Marco Blaauw, trumpet, curator; Benjamin Kobler, piano), live, Cologne (Germany), yesterday: John Cage, The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Rebecca Saunders, Blaauw (2004) for double bell trumpet; Rebecca Saunders, Unsaid (2019) for piano; Rebecca Saunders, White (2015, rev. 2016) for double bell trumpet; Morton Feldman, Last Pieces (1959) for piano; Alvin Singleton, Vous Compra (2001) for trumpet and piano
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Patricia Kopatchinskaja (1977-, violin), Joonas Ahonen (1984-, piano), live, Vienna (Austria), published 3/8/22: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor (excerpt [Movts. III-IV]); George Antheil (1900-1959), Violin Sonata No. 1 (excerpt [Movt. IV), 1923)
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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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