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
alone
Modney (violin, composition), “Ascender,” 2024
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yesterday, Oak Park, Illinois (Conservatory)
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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yesterday, outside Chicago
like nobody else
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007, violin, viola), live, Atlanta, 1999
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
like nothing else
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
3n
Devin Gray (percussion), Mark Feldman (violin), Russ Johnson (trumpet), live, Milwaukee, 4/19/24
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other day, Chicago
sounds of New York
Earle Brown (1926-2002), Times Five (1963), for chamber ensemble; Argento New Music Project (Michel Galante, conductor; Francesca Ferrera, flute; William Lang, trombone; Jacqueline Kerrod, harp; Conrad Harris, violin; Michael Katz, cello), live, New York, 2023
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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
Macie Stewart (violin, voice), Ben LaMar Gay (cornet, electronics, voice), live, Chicago, 2/22/24
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art beat: other day, Smart Museum (University of Chicago)
Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009), Untitled (1970s), detail
timeless
No one ever died from too much beauty.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor (Op. 25); Fauré Quartet, live, Tokyo, 2014
passings
Seiji Ozawa, conductor, September 1, 1935–February 6, 2024
Vienna Philharmonic (Seiji Ozawa, cond.) with Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), live, Tokyo, 2020; Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Nostalghia: In Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky (for violin and orchestra), 1987
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other day, Chicago
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