Wednesday, September 9th
serendipity
When this came on the radio the other day (WKCR, Columbia University), background became foreground.
Luciano Berio (1925-2003), Differences (1959)
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Category: violin
2015
Thursday, August 13th
sounds of Argentina
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992), live,* Montreal (Montreal Jazz Festival), 1984
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lagniappe
random thoughts
With the way the Cubs are playing, taking twelve of their last thirteen, what could be more beautiful than baseball?
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Here’s something from last night’s game—first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
After conferring, the umpires reversed the call, ruling this an out.
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*AP, bandoneon, compositions; Pablo Ziegler, piano; Fernando Suarez Paz, violin; Oscar Lopez Ruiz, guitar; Hector Console, bass.
Set list:
1.Lunfardo
2.Muerte Del Angel
3.Resurreccion Del Angel
4.Tristeza De Un Doble A
5.Adios Nonino
6.Chin Chin
7.Otono Porteno (from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
2015
Wednesday, August 12th
sounds of Brazil
Jorge Ben & Gal Costa, “Que Pena,” live
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lagniappe
art beat
Robert Frank (1924-), Cafe – Beaufort, South Carolina, 1955
2015
Tuesday, August 11th
sounds of Argentina
Chango Spasiuk, live, 2009
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lagniappe
musical thoughts
What would it be like to live in a world with just one kind of music?
2015
Monday, August 10th
Why not start the week with something strange?
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001), Tetras (1983); JACK Quartet, live, Philadelphia, 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
Trust in the Unexpected —
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), #561 (Franklin)
2015
Thursday, July 2nd
string festival
day four
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, 2010
2015
Wednesday, July 1st
string festival
day three
Wolfgang Rihm (1952-), String Quartet No. 13
Arditti Quartet, live, London, 2012
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lagniappe
reading table
One peers down into regions where one’s feet would never, never have trod, because in certain regions, indeed in most, one has no purpose whatever.
—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “Balloon Journey,” 1914 (translated from German by Christopher Middleton)
2015
Tuesday, June 30th
string festival
day two
Leroy Jenkins (1932-2007), violin and viola, live, Atlanta, 1999
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lagniappe
random thoughts
What will the world be like the first day you are no longer in it? The second? The third?
2015
Thursday, June 11th
In response to Monday’s post on Dylan covers, a reader commented:
Fairport Convention’s “Si tu dois partir” (a French-language version of “If You Gotta Go, Go Now”) comes to mind.
Fairport Convention, “Si tu dois partir” (B. Dylan), recording, 1969
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lagniappe
random sights
Tuesday morning
Louisville, Kentucky
2015
Tuesday, May 12th
sounds of Amsterdam
More of the Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra.*
Live, Chicago (Elastic Arts), 5/3/15
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lagniappe
art beat
Bruce Davidson (1933-), Palisades, New Jersey, 1958
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*Ab Baars, tenor saxophone; Tobias Delius, tenor saxophone; Michael Moore, alto saxophone; Thomas Heberer, trumpet; Walter Wierbos, trombone; Tristan Honsiger, cello; Mary Oliver, violin; Ernst Glerum, bass; Han Bennink, drums; with guest Guus Janssen (piano).
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