Monday, June 8th
like nobody else
Laurie Anderson (voice, violin, compositions), live, Paris, 2025
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Category: violin
2026
Thursday, May 21st
what’s new
George Enescu (1881-1955), Octet in C major (Op. 7), 1900: Hannah Tam, Himari-chan, Boha Moon, Sameer Agrawal (Violins); Emad Zolfaghari, Sam Tatsuki (Violas); Carson Ling-Efird, Laura Navarsardian (Cellos), live, Philadelphia (Curtis Institute of Music), 4/20/26 (published 5/18/26)
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Wednesday, May 13th
Yesterday, after stumbling upon this sound-world, I didn’t want to leave.
Stefan Wolpe (1902-1972), String Quartet (1969): Curtis Macomber (violin), Theodore Arm (violin), Toby Appel (viola), Fred Sherry (cello), rec. 2006 (published yesterday)
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Saturday, April 25th
what’s new
Chris Potter (tenor saxophone, composition) with Bill Frisell (guitar), Nate Smith (drums), Burniss Travis (bass), Rane Moore (clarinet), Zekkereya El-Magharbel (trombone), Sara Caswell (violin), “Into Africa,” published 4/23/26
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Monday, March 23rd
sounds of Chicago
Whitney Johnson (viola, voice), Lia Kohl (cello, voice), Macie Stewart (violin, voice), “Stone I Piece,” Chicago (The Land School), 2025
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Saturday, February 28th
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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Wednesday, January 14th
alone
Reiko Füting, “passage: time (copy)”; Miranda Cuckson (violin), 2025
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Friday, July 18th
like nobody else
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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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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2025
Friday, May 23rd
sounds of New York
Jason Kao Hwang (1957-, violin, compositions), Soliloquies and Resonance, live, New York, 3/26/25
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