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2021

Monday, May 10th

sounds of Paris

Why not begin the week with something unlike anything else?

Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris and Ensemble Intercontemporain (Matthias Pintscher, direction; Paul Fitzsimon, direction; Bruno Mantovani, direction), live, Paris, 2016: Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Gruppen for three orchestras (1955-1957)

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art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago

Claude Monet, 1840-1926, Luncheon under the Tent, Giverny, c. 1883-86, detail (Monet in Chicago, through 6/14/21)

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2016

Wednesday, September 28th

more

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Klavierstück X
Maurizio Pollini (1942-), live, Paris


It’s a short list—the list, that is, of pianists renowned for their interpretations of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, et al., who also perform works composed in their own lifetime.

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found words

ALL LEGAL MAIL
MUST FIT IN
LEGAL MAILBOX
OPENING

—sign at MCC Chicago (federal jail)

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2016

Tuesday, September 27th

alone

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Klavierstück V
Maurizio Pollini (1942-), live, Paris, 2002


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reading table

The morning glory!
this too cannot be
my friend.

—Matsuo Basho (1644-1694), translated from Japanese by Robert Aitken

 

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2013

Thursday, October 24th

alone

Sometimes the performer makes all the difference. In the wrong hands this can seem a mess. In the right ones it sparkles.

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007), Klavierstücke XI (1956)
Prodromos Symeonidis, live, 2006

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2012

Wednesday, 6/27/12

Karlheinz Stockhausen, Wach (excerpt)
The Ensemble for Intuitive Music Weimar
Live (rehearsal), Austria (Klosterneuberg), 2009

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musical thoughts

Would I want to listen to this every day?

Nah.

But I don’t feel like listening to Junior Wells every day either.

Why shouldn’t our music be as various as our days?

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