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Wednesday, August 30th

sounds of Ukraine

Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Elegies & Pastorales;* Evgeny Gromov (1973-, piano), live, Kyiv, 8/27/23

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*Three Pastorales, op. 24 (2004) for Iya Sergeevna Tsarevich
1. Larghetto 00:05
2. Andantino 01:56
3. Larghetto 03:27

Five Elegies, op. 35 (2004)
1. Grave 05:04
2. Andante 8:05
3. Allegro 11:08
4. Adagio 12:14
5. Allegretto 15:46

Four Pastorales, op. 156 (2005) for Alexander Knaifel
1. Andante 18:10
2. Moderato 20:54
3. Andante 22:30
4. Animato 25:17

Two Pieces, op. 96 (December 2007) for Virko Baley
1. Elegy 27:20
2. Pastorale 29:48

Three Pieces, op. 102 (May 2007) for Laura Reinila
1. Elegy 32:08
2. Waltz 35:01
3. Elegy 36:52

Two Pieces, op. 115 (February 2008) Boris Arkhimovich in memoriam
1. Pastorale 38:32
2. Elegy 41:32

Three Pastorales, op. 150 (2008)
1. Allegro vivace 44:57
2. Andante 46:58
3. Animato 48:40

Two Elegies, op. 165 (2010) V. M. Vorobyov in memoriam
1. Allegro 50:58
2. Andantino 52:48

Four Pastorales, op. 129 (2009)
1. Moderato 54:35
2. Allegretto 55:53
3. Moderato 57:19
4. Andantino 58:35

Two Elegies, op. 267 (2016)
1. Animato 1:00:01
2. Moderato 1:01:28

Three Pieces, op. 268 (2016)
1. Pastorale 1:04:01
2. Elegy 1:05:12
3. Waltz 1:07:55

Two Pastorales (May 2023, Berlin) for Yaroslav Hodyna
1. Moderato 1:09:04
2. Moderato 1:11:11

Monday, August 28th

voices I miss

Geri Allen (1957-2017, piano) & Timeline (Kenny Davis, bass; Kassa Overall, drums; Maurice Chestnut, tap percussion), live, South Korea, 2011

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lagniappe

random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

Sunday, August 27th

timeless

Golden Gate Quartet, “God Told Nicodemus,” 1941

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random sights

this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)

Friday, August 25th

what’s new

Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23

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other day, Chicago (Lurie Garden)

Tuesday, August 22nd

basement jukebox

Jay Robinson with Penny & The Quarters, “Will I Ever,” c. 1970

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lagniappe

reading table

I’m making sense all the time of all the senseless things.

—Mary Jo Bang (1946-), from “A Film in Which I Play Everyone” (New Yorker, 8/21/23)

Sunday, August 20th

sounds of Chicago

“Wade in the Water” (trad.), Salem Travelers, James Herndon Singers, Voices of Triumph, live (TV show: Jubilee Showcase), Chicago, 1969

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lagniappe

yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Saturday, August 19th

timeless

John Lee Hooker (1917–2001), “Serves Me Right to Suffer” (J. L. Hooker), live (TV show), Germany (Cologne), 1968

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other day, Oak Park, Ill.

Friday, August 18th

basement jukebox

Ken Boothe (1948-)

“Everything I Own” (D. Gates), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #1)

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“Crying Over You” (L. Charmers, K. Boothe), 1974 (UK Singles Chart, #11)

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yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.

Thursday, August 17th

sounds of Jamaica

Mista Savona (DJ), King Tubby’s Heaviest Dubs (King Tubby aka Osbourne Ruddick, 1941-1989), published 2021

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lagniappe

reading table

Why is everything now geared to longevity? If everything’s directed at maximizing the number of years you live, you’re denying life itself.

—artist David Hockney (1937-), quoted in A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney (Martin Gayford, expanded edition, 2016)

Monday, August 14th

alone

Morton Feldman (1926-1987, MCOTD Hall of Fame), Last Pieces for piano (1959); Benjamin Kobler (piano), live, Germany (Cologne), 3/14/22

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random sights

yesterday, Chicago