like nothing else
Love in Exile (Arooj Aftab [vocals], Vijay Iyer [keyboards], Shahzad Ismaily [electronics, bass]), live (“Eyes of the Endless”), Washington, D.C., 2023
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), By the Seine (1887), detail
sounds of Chicago
Listening to this last night, it seemed as if I could listen to it, happily, forever.
Jimmy Yancey (1894-1951, piano), “How Long Blues” (c. 1940, Chicago)
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sounds of New York
Matt Mitchell (1975-, piano), live, New York, 7/23/23
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), View of the Pont d’Asnieres (1887), detail
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Elegies & Pastorales;* Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/27/23
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*Three Pastorales, op. 24 (2004) for Iya Sergeevna Tsarevich
1. Larghetto 00:05
2. Andantino 01:56
3. Larghetto 03:27
Five Elegies, op. 35 (2004)
1. Grave 05:04
2. Andante 8:05
3. Allegro 11:08
4. Adagio 12:14
5. Allegretto 15:46
Four Pastorales, op. 156 (2005) for Alexander Knaifel
1. Andante 18:10
2. Moderato 20:54
3. Andante 22:30
4. Animato 25:17
Two Pieces, op. 96 (December 2007) for Virko Baley
1. Elegy 27:20
2. Pastorale 29:48
Three Pieces, op. 102 (May 2007) for Laura Reinila
1. Elegy 32:08
2. Waltz 35:01
3. Elegy 36:52
Two Pieces, op. 115 (February 2008) Boris Arkhimovich in memoriam
1. Pastorale 38:32
2. Elegy 41:32
Three Pastorales, op. 150 (2008)
1. Allegro vivace 44:57
2. Andante 46:58
3. Animato 48:40
Two Elegies, op. 165 (2010) V. M. Vorobyov in memoriam
1. Allegro 50:58
2. Andantino 52:48
Four Pastorales, op. 129 (2009)
1. Moderato 54:35
2. Allegretto 55:53
3. Moderato 57:19
4. Andantino 58:35
Two Elegies, op. 267 (2016)
1. Animato 1:00:01
2. Moderato 1:01:28
Three Pieces, op. 268 (2016)
1. Pastorale 1:04:01
2. Elegy 1:05:12
3. Waltz 1:07:55
Two Pastorales (May 2023, Berlin) for Yaroslav Hodyna
1. Moderato 1:09:04
2. Moderato 1:11:11
voices I miss
Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano) & Timeline (Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall, drums; Maurice Chestnut, tap percussion), live, South Korea, 2011
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
never enough
Alfred Brendel (1931-, piano), live, England (Snape, Suffolk), 2000: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Piano Sonata in E-flat major (Hob. XVI/49, L.59); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor (K.457, 21:40-)
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alone
John Cage (1912-1992), The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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random sights
other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Klavierstücke (piano pieces); Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/13/23
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other day, Chicago
alone
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22
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yesterday, Chicago
passings
Tony Bennett, singer, August 3, 1926–July 21, 2023
With Bill Evans (1929–1980, piano), “Lucky to Be Me,” “My Foolish Heart,” “When in Rome,” “We’ll Catch up Some Other Time,” “A Child Is Born,” “Make Someone Happy,” “Together Again,” 1976
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