One-word review: Wow!
Sofia Gubaidulina (1931-), String Quartet No. 1 (1971); Armida Quartet (Martin Funda, violin; Johanna Staemmler, violin; Teresa Schwamm, viola; Peter-Philipp Staemmler, cello) with Manaho Shimokawa (dance), live, Berlin, 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago (Columbus Park)
*****
reading table
With dewdrops dripping,
I wish somehow I could wash
this perishing world—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill
never enough
Don’t “listen” to this.
Close your eyes: let the sounds inhabit you.
Then you will inhabit the sounds.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Clarinet Quintet, K. 581; Armida Quartet with Sabine Meyer (clarinet), live, Italy (Merano [aka Meran]), 2019
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
*****
reading table
Come out to view
the truth of flowers blooming
in poverty—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill