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2017

Saturday, December 23rd

Tonight, at 1 a.m. (EST), one of the year’s great musical events begins: the annual Bach Festival—now in its 40th year—broadcast on WKCR-FM (Columbia University). All Bach, all the time, until midnight New Year’s Eve. Hope, beauty, inspiration: they aren’t luxuries; they’re necessities.

Johann Sebastian Bach, Mass in B minor (excerpt, “Dona nobis pacem”); Berlin Philharmonic (Ton Koopman, cond.) with RIAS Chamber Choir (Justin Doyle, chorus master), live, Berlin, 10/28/17

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Johann Sebastian Bach, Cello Suite No. 6 in D major; Mischa Maisky (cello), live

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2017

Friday, December 22nd

what’s new

Sufjan Stevens, “Tonya Harding” (S. Stevens), 12/6/17

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lagniappe

art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago

Tarsila do Amaral, Logoa Santa, 1925 (Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil, through January 7th)

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2017

Thursday, December 21st

tonight in Chicago

They’re playing at Constellation.

Trio WAZ (Edward Wilkerson Jr., tenor saxophone; Tatsu Aoki, bass; Michael Zerang, drums), live, Lakeside, Mich., 2010

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lagniappe

art beat: yesterday, Art Institute of Chicago

Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950), Kagurazaka Street After a Night Rain, 1929

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2017

Wednesday, December 20th

passings

Best minute of music you’ll hear all month?

Willie Pickens, April 18, 1931-December 13, 2017, pianist, educator

“Giant Steps” (J. Coltrane), live, Chicago, 2012

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2017

Tuesday, December 19th

One-word review: Wow!

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), Lachrymae (1950); Yuri Bashmet (viola), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), live

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2017

Monday, December 18th

passings

Sunny Murray, drummer, September 21, 1936-December 7, 2017

Sunny Murray Trio (SM, drums; Tony Bevan, saxophones; John Edwards, bass), live, London, 2010

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langiappe

musical thoughts

I wanted to get more from the beat than just the beat.

—Sunny Murray

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2017

Sunday, December 17th

Need a lift?

Nazareth Missionary Baptist Church Hymn Choir (Rock Hill, S.C.), “I Got Shoes,” live, McConnells, S.C. (Mt. Do-Well Missionary Baptist Church), 2001

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lagniappe

art beat

Joe Minter (1943-), Birmingham, Ala.

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2017

Saturday, December 16th

3ⁿ

Hear In Now (Mazz Swift, violin; Tomeka Reid, cello; Silvia Bolognesi, bass), “Requiem for Charlie Haden” (S. Bolognesi), live, Italy (Basilica di San Silvestro, Trieste), 2015