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2016

Wednesday, July 20th

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One-word review: Wow!

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor (“Pathetique”); Annie Fischer (1914-1995), live


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To be alive – is Power –
Existence – in itself –
Without a further function –
Omnipotence – Enough –

—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), 876 (Franklin), excerpt

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2016

Tuesday, July 19th

never enough

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor; NHK Symphony Orchestra (Miltiades Caridis [1923-1998], cond.) with Annie Fischer (1914-1995), piano, live


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Even now one is amazed
by transience: how it
outlasts us all.

—Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016), from “Scenes with Harlequins” (TLS, 7/8/16)

 

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