Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Stephen Drury (piano), 1994
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random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
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reading table
No one home.
Fallen pine needles
scattered at the door.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Evi Kyriazidou (piano), Olia Olina (choreography and dance), live, Greece (Komotini), 2014
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random sights
other day, Chicago
serendipity
John Cage (1912-1992), Amores (1943, for prepared piano and percussion trio)
Some sounds, heard in the middle of the night, can make you feel grateful to have ears.
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random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
sounds of Chicago
John Cage, Solo for flute, from Concert for Piano (1958); Eric Lamb, flute (International Contemporary Ensemble), Chicago, 2012
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musical thoughts
Music is theater for the ear. Take this performance. The phrasing, the interplay between sound and silence—this unfolds like something by Beckett.
what’s new
Peter Van Hoesen (electronics) & Gabi Sultana (piano) play John Cage (1912-1992), live, Paris, 10/30/18 (published 12/12/18)
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John Cage (1912-1992), Sonatas and Interludes, for prepared piano (1946-48), excerpts; James Tenney (piano), live, West Hollywood, Calif., 2002
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lagniappe
random sights
last month, Chicago (Columbus Park)
otherworldly
This I could listen to all day.
John Cage (1912-1992), Three Dances for Two Prepared Pianos (1944-45); Seba Ali (piano) and Jacqueline Ching-Ling (piano), live, Stony Brook, N.Y., 2015
This I could listen to all day.
John Cage (1912-1992), Dream (1948)
Anton Batagov (1965-, piano), live, Moscow, 2014
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art beat: other day, Museum of Modern Art (New York)
Paul Cezanne (1839-1906), Pines and Rocks, c. 1897
percussion festival
day two
John Cage (1912-1992), Third Construction (1941); So Percussion, live
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Steve Reich (1936-), Six Marimbas (1986), arranged for gamelan (Iwan Gunawan)
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musical thoughts
Music is a means of rapid transportation.
—John Cage (1912-1992)
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Years ago, at the University of Chicago Law School, I took classes from the late Antonin Scalia. He was one of the first professors I encountered, as I had him for Contracts, a first-year staple. Two-word review: Very funny.
