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Saturday, October 16th

timeless

When I find myself in the mood for his sound-world, nothing else will do.

Anton Webern (1883-1945), String Quartet (Op. 28, 1937-38); Psappha Ensemble (Benedict Holland and Sophie Rosa, violins; Vicci Wardman, viola; Jennifer Langridge, cello), live, England (Manchester), 2019

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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Whenever I sleep
with my socks on
I have bad dreams
—Yosa Buson (1716-1783), translated from the Japanese by W.S. Merwin and Takako Lento

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2021

Tuesday, October 5th

tonight in Chicago

They’re performing at the Harris Theater.

Nathalie Joachim (vocals, flute, electronics), Spektral Quartet, recorded Haitian children’s choir: “Suite pou Dantan: Prelid,” 2019 (Fanm d’Ayiti [Women of Haiti])

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2021

Saturday, October 2nd

timeless

One-word review: Wow!

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), String Quartet in G minor (1893), 3rd Mvt.; Quatuor Ebène, live (90th birthday celebration for pianist Menahem Pressler [1923-]), Paris, 2013

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lagniappe

random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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A string of wild geese
wind-strewn
through the sky
their cries echoing
confused and scattered
—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney

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2021

Thursday, September 9th

like nothing else

Anna Thorvaldsdottir (1977-), Enigma (2019); Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), 2021

Movt. I

Movt. II

Movt. III

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When I consider
how in this world
all is falling blossom—
what then must become
of this self?
—Saigyō (1118-1190), translated from the Japanese by Meredith McKinney

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2021

Saturday, August 14th

like nobody else

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Structures (1951); Arditti Quartet, 2016

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)

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2021

Thursday, May 27th

what’s new

Don Li (1971-), “Different Zones”; Jojo Mayer (drums, voice), JACK Quartet, published 5/13/21

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random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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2021

Thursday, April 1st

sounds of Chicago

Spektral Quartet (Clara Lyon [violin], Maeve Feinberg [violin], Doyle Armbrust [viola], Russell Rolen [cello]), live, Chicago (University of Chicago), 2018: Béla Bartók (1881-1945), String Quartet No. 1 in A minor (1909)

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random sights

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

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2021

Tuesday, March 16th

Another take on piano and strings.

Alfred Schnittke (1934-98), Piano Quintet (1972-76), live (Katya Apekisheva, piano; Boris Brovtsyn, Julia-Maria Kretz, violins; Amihai Grosz, viola; Torleif Thedéen, cello), Netherlands (Utrecht), 2010