sounds of Chicago
Music for Union Station, Lia Kohl (composition, cello), Dorothy Carlos (cello), Zachary Good (bass clarinet), Gerrit Hatcher (tenor saxophone) Riley Leitch (trombone), Nick Meryhew (trombone), Beth McDonald (tuba), Zach Moore (bass), Jason Stein (bass clarinet), Macie Stewart (violin), performed 5/15/25 (Union Station, Chicago [rush hour]), published January 16, 2026
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois
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Reiko Füting, “passage: time (copy)”; Miranda Cuckson (violin), 2025
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other day, Oak Park, Illinois
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Terry Riley (June 24, 1935-, composer, musician), 90th birthday celebration, live, New York, 6/24/25: The Holy Liftoff (2024), Claire Chase (flutes); In C (1964), large ensemble
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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)
sounds of New York
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, violin, compositions), Soliloquies and Resonance, live, New York, 3/26/25
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yesterday, outside Chicago
like nobody else
Albert Ayler Quintet (AA [1938-1970], tenor saxophone; Donald Ayler, trumpet; Michel Samson, violin; Bill Folwell, bass; Beaver Harris, drums), “Our Prayer” (A. Ayler), live (TV), Germany (Munich), 1966
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art beat: other day, National Museum of Mexican Art (Chicago), Day of the Dead exhibit
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Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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sounds of London
Leonkoro Quartet (Jonathan Schwarz, violin; Amelie Wallner, violin; Mayu Konoe, viola; Lukas Schwarz, cello), live, London, 11/21/24: Joseph Haydn (String Quartet in F major, Op. 50, No. 5 [“The Dream”]), 2:00-; Felix Mendelssohn (String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2), 22:30-; Giacomo Puccini (Chrisantemi), 53:00-
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Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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György Ligeti (1923-2006), Violin Concerto (1993) (with encore [Bela Bartok, Sonata for Solo Violin, excerpt]): Gürzenich Orchester Köln (François Xavier Roth, cond.) with Christian Tetzlaff (violin), live, Germany (Cologne), 2017
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