Thursday, October 18th
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TM Krishna, Raga Hamir Kalyani, live, 2017
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Heaven does not change her blue.
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 167 (Franklin)
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2018
2018
Monday, October 15th
sounds of India
Yesterday he sang at the University of Chicago (Logan Center), accompanied by violin, drums (mridangam), and drone instrument (tamboura). He performed for over two hours without intermission, singing not a word of English. Sailing these unfamiliar seas was, for me, heavenly.
TM Krishna (vocals) featuring Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam), Raga Begada, live, India (Mumbai), 2018
2018
Saturday, October 13th
Last night, at the University of Chicago (Mandel Hall), they opened with this piece, which was followed by Shostakovich (String Quartet No. 4 in D Major), Brahms (String Quartet in A Minor) and, in an encore, Webern (Langsamer Satz). One-word review: spellbinding.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4 (excerpt); Takács Quartet, live, New York, 2018
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Thursday, October 11th
this weekend in Chicago
They’re also playing at the University of Chicago—tomorrow night.
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), String Quartet in F major (1903), 1st Mvt.
Takács Quartet, live, New York, 2017
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Saturday, October 6th
My kind of “genius.”
Vijay Gupta, violinist, educator, social-justice advocate, 2018 MacArthur Fellow, talking and playing
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musical thoughts
Filled with music, we’re free of all else.
2018
Saturday, September 22nd
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Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, composition) and Spektral Quartet, “Viejo” (Yo Soy La Tradición), 2018
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other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
2018
Monday, September 16th
this week in Chicago
They’re playing Thursday at Constellation and Friday at Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center (benefit for Puerto Rico).
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, compositions) and Spektral Quartet (Yo Soy La Tradición, 2018)
“Milagrosa”
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“Promesa”
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Playing and talking
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other day, Oak Brook, Ill. (Dean Nature Sanctuary)
2018
Tuesday, September 4th
serendipity
This I bumped into the other night.
Ivan Petrovich Larionov (1830-1889), “Kalinka”; Tanya Kalmanovitch (violin) and Ted Reichman (accordion), live, Boston (Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory), 2010
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other day, Chicago
2018
Saturday, September 1st
what’s new
Miguel Zenón (alto saxophone, composition) & Spektral Quartet, from Yo Soy La Tradición, 2018
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2018
Monday, August 20th
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Kaija Saariaho (1952-), Cloud Trio (2009); Chartreuse (Myra Hinrichs, violin; Carrie Frey, viola; Helen Newby, cello), live, Los Angeles, 2016
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Walking in Mountains in the Rain
by Wang Wei, 699-759 (translated from Chinese by David Young,
Five T’ang Poets, 1990)In this quick cloudburst
air thickens, the sky comes downdark mountains
flashes of lightningout at sea new clouds
have just started to form
and this small brook I straddle
is a river in flood somewhererags and blankets of mist
hang on these slopes and cliffsthen the clouds open and vanish
rain patters off
and moonlight silvers
that whole reach of river
foothills to oceanand even from this black mountain
I can hear boatmen singing.
