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Monday, January 27th

Need a break from the unceasing cacophony?

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Adagio in B Minor (K. 540); Grigory Sokolov (1950-, piano), live, Spain (San Sebastián), 2023

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Chicago

Saturday, August 29th

alone

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Les sauvages; Grigory Sokolov (1950-, piano), live, Berlin, 2013

 

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lagniappe

random sights

other day, Oak Park, Ill.

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reading table

Fly, butterfly!
I feel the dust of this world
weighting my body!

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill

Tuesday, June 9th

alone

This tiny piece, which calls out to us from the 18th century, I first heard yesterday. Then I listened again. And again.

Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Les Tendres Plaintes; Grigory Sokolov (1950-, piano), live, Berlin, 2013

 

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reading table

Sweet springtime showers
and no words can express
how sad it all is

—Yosa Buson (1716-1784), translated from Japanese by Sam Hamill