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2025

Wednesday, July 9th

what’s new (timeless, too)

In a hurry? Don’t miss the excerpt from Ravel’s lone string quartet (9:15-).

Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, violin; Harumi Rhodes, violin; Richard O’Neill, viola; András Fejér, cello), live (Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D minor, Op. 42: IV. Finale; Nokuthula Ngwenyama: Flow: III. Quark Scherzo; Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major: II. Assez vif – très rythmé), Washington, D.C., published 7/7/25

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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2024

Monday, June 3rd

like nobody else

Jürg Frey (1953-), String Quartet No. 4 (Mvt. I), 2018-20, 22; Quatuor Bozzini, 2024

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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks“, through 9/22/24)

Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986), The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y. (1926), detail

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2023

Thursday, November 2nd

timeless

The other night, driving to Kankakee to see a client in jail, I couldn’t have asked for better company.

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Quatuor Ébène with Damien Bachmann (clarinet), live, France (Wissembourg), 2018

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Monday, November 14th

more

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Clarinet Quintet (K. 581): Armida Quartet with Sabine Meyer (clarinet), live, Italy (Merano [aka Meran]), 2019

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2022

Saturday, November 12th

timeless

One-word review: astonishing.

Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909: Juilliard String Quartet

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musical thoughts

If I was in a deserted island I would take the complete works of J. S. Bach, A. Webern and Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart.

—YouTube comment

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2022

Wednesday, April 13th

timeless

1909?

Anton Webern (1883-1945), Five Movements for String Quartet (Op. 5), 1909; Telegraph Quartet, live, 2018

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2022

Thursday, April 7th

sounds of Ukraine

Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), String Quartet No. 1 (1974); Royal String Quartet, live, Warsaw (Poland), 2021

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2022

Friday, March 18th

sounds of Ukraine

Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (composition, trumpet), “Double Quartet No. 9,” live (studio), Ukraine, 2019

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2022

Monday, February 14th

like nobody else

Henry Threadgill (1944-, Pulitzer Prize Winner [Music, 2016], MCOTD Hall of Fame), Sixfivetwo (2018); Mivos Quartet, live, Vienna, 7/1/21

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2021

Wednesday, November 10th

sounds of Hungary

György Kurtág (1926-), Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky (Op.28, 1988-89); Keller Quartett, 1996

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other day, Chicago

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