never enough
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Suite No. 1 in G major for Unaccompanied Cello; Yo-Yo Ma (1955-, cello), live (Great Smoky Mountains), published 9/7/23
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other day, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Lou Harrison (1917-2003), Suite for Violin with American Gamelan (1973)
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alone
Rose Wollman (viola), live (performing the program on Loop: Ligeti’s Inspiration & Legacy [Acis, 2022]),* Chicago, 8/20/23
*Program:
I
1. Johann Sebastian Bach, Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: I. Prelude (Arr. for Viola)
2. György Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo: I. Hora Lunga
3. Garth Knox, Ritorno
II
4. Giuseppe Tartini, Violin Sonata XVII in D Major, B. D2: IV. Furlana (Arr. for Viola)
5. György Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo: II. Loop
6. Alexander Mansour, Loop for Solo Viola and Electronics
III
7. Domenico Gabrielli, Ricercar for Solo Cello No. 1 in G Minor (Arr. for Viola)
8. György Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo: III. Facsar
9. Rose Wollman, Wanderlust
IV
10. Arcangelo Corelli, Violin Sonata, Op. 5, No. 6: III. Allegro (Arr. for Viola)
11. György Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo: IV. Prestissimo con sordino
12. Atar Arad, Caprice Fourteen (Gyorgy)
V
13. Georg Philipp Telemann, Fantasia for Violin Without Bass No. 12 in A Minor, TWV 40:25: I. Moderato (Arr. for Viola)
14. György Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo: V. Lamento
15. Melia Watras, Blue Rose
VI
16. Franz Biber, Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas: 16. Passacaglia in G Minor (Arr. for Viola)
17. György Ligeti, Sonata for Viola Solo: VI. Chaconne chromatique
18. Natalie Williams, Ciklus
testify!
Pilgrim Jubilees, “Won’t It Be Wonderful,” live, 2014
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yesterday, Chicago
sounds of Chicago
Listening to this last night, it seemed as if I could listen to it, happily, forever.
Jimmy Yancey (1894-1951, piano), “How Long Blues” (c. 1940, Chicago)
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sounds of New York
Matt Mitchell (1975-, piano), live, New York, 7/23/23
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art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago (Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape, through 9/4/23)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), View of the Pont d’Asnieres (1887), detail
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
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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this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
timeless
Golden Gate Quartet, “God Told Nicodemus,” 1941
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this morning, outside Chicago (Salt Creek Trail)
what’s new
Jon Batiste, “Uneasy” (ft. Lil Wayne), 8/18/23
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