Saturday, September 3rd
timeless
John Cage (1912-1992), Third Construction (1941); McGill Percussion Ensemble, live, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada), 2011
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2022
Tuesday, April 5th
alone
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 2 (1894); Ivo Pogorelić (1958-, piano), published 2014
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Music is a means of rapid transportation.
—John Cage (1912-1992)
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other day, Oak Park, Ill. (Oak Park Conservatory)
2022
Tuesday, March 15th
what’s new
Ensemble Musikfabrik (Marco Blaauw, trumpet, curator; Benjamin Kobler, piano), live, Cologne (Germany), yesterday: John Cage, The Perilous Night (1944) for prepared piano; Rebecca Saunders, Blaauw (2004) for double bell trumpet; Rebecca Saunders, Unsaid (2019) for piano; Rebecca Saunders, White (2015, rev. 2016) for double bell trumpet; Morton Feldman, Last Pieces (1959) for piano; Alvin Singleton, Vous Compra (2001) for trumpet and piano
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Tuesday, March 8th
like nobody else
In a world of too much—news, suffering, noise—he offers a small, quiet space to inhabit.
Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), For John Cage (1982); Jesse Mills (violin), Rieko Aizawa (piano), live, New York (Bargemusic, Brooklyn), 7/30/21
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2021
Tuesday, December 14th
timeless
John Cage (1912-1992), Six Melodies (1950); Ensemble Musikfabrik (Hannah Weirich, violin; Ulrich Löffler, piano), live, Cologne (Germany), 2020
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2021
Monday, November 22nd
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Keiko Shichijo (piano), live, Amsterdam, c. 2009
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2021
Tuesday, August 10th
like nobody else
John Cage (1912-1992), Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (1946-1948), excerpts; James Tenney (piano), live, West Hollywood, Calif., 2002
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2021
Thursday, May 20th
alone
John Cage (1912-1992), Sonata X for prepared piano (1946-48); Tim Ovens, live, published 2009
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reading table
Forever – is composed of Nows –
—Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), from 690 (Franklin)
2021
Monday, February 1st
Why not begin the week with something beautiful?
John Cage (1912-1992), In a Landscape (1948); Stephen Drury (piano), 1994
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No one home.
Fallen pine needles
scattered at the door.—Ryokan (1758-1831), translated from Japanese by Kazuaki Tanahashi
2020
Tuesday, October 27th
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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