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Saturday, May 3rd

never enough

Three more takes on what we heard Thursday.

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor (2nd Movt.)

Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988), live


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Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986), recording


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Yoojin Jang (1990-), live


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lagniappe

reading table

[A] mad person not helped out of his trouble by anything real begins to trust what is not real because it helps him and he needs it because real things continue not to help him.

—Lydia Davis, “Liminal: The Little Man” (The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis)

 

Thursday, September 12th

alone

This is something I would never tire of hearing, not even if I were to live a thousand years.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, 2nd movement (fugue)
Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988), violin


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lagniappe

musical thoughts

Music offers a respite from the mind’s incessant chatter.

Saturday, February 16th

alone

Johann Sebastian Bach, Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, 2nd movement (fugue)
Henryk Szeryng (1918-1988), violin


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lagniappe

musical thoughts

A world where Bach could be heard via the internet by anyone, anywhere, anytime, could seem, so long as other things were overlooked, a paradise.

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From an interview with composer and conductor Pierre Boulez:

Q. What is the main problem with young conducting students?

A. They think too much or too little.