Wednesday, March 9th
what’s new
Jason Kao Hwang’s Human Rites Trio (JKH, compositions, violin, viola; Ken Filiano, bass; Andrew Drury, drums), live, New York, 3/1/22
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day
jazz/blues/rock/classical/gospel/more
Tag: music clip of the day
2022
Monday, March 7th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composer, pianist), Kyiv (Ukraine), 4/18/21, playing Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750, from The Well-Tempered Clavier), Robert Schumann (1810-1856, from Op. 99)
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lagniappe
reading table
Hard on the land wears the strong sea / and empty grows every bed.
—John Berryman (1914-1972, MCOTD Hall of Fame), from “Dream Song 1”
2022
Sunday, March 6th
basement jukebox
Harmonizing Four (feat. Jimmy Jones), “In Jerusalem” (J. Williams), 1959
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Saturday, March 5th
alone
Anton Webern (1883-1945), Variations for piano, op. 27 (1936); Maurizio Pollini (1942-, piano), live, Paris, 2002
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Chicago
2022
Friday, March 4th
sounds of Ukraine
Alyona Alyona (1991-), “Open,” 2018
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lagniappe
reading table
Any fence maintains the other / side is “without form.”
—Rae Armantrout (1947-), from “As We’re Told”
2022
Thursday, March 3rd
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-, composition, piano), live, Kyiv (Ukraine), 2012
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lagniappe
random sights
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Wednesday, March 2nd
sounds of New York
Brandon Lopez (bass), Mat Maneri (viola), live, New York, 2/22/22 (published yesterday)
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lagniappe
art beat: other day, Art Institute of Chicago
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), detail from Interchanged (1955)
2022
Tuesday, March 1st
sounds of Berlin
Stephan Bodzin (DJ), live, Berlin, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Monday, February 28th
sounds of Ukraine
Valentin Silvestrov (1937-), Requiem for Larissa (1997-1998, written in memory of the composer’s wife); Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra (Hobart Earle, cond.) and the National Choir of Ukraine (Yevhen Savchuk, choirmaster ), live, Odessa (Ukraine), 2018
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lagniappe
random sights
this morning, Oak Park, Ill.
2022
Sunday, February 27th
like nobody else
Shirley Caesar (1938-), live (“It’s Alright, It’s Ok,” “I Remember Mama,” “Armor of God,” “Take Your Knee off My Neck”), published 2/25/22
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lagniappe
yesterday, Oak Park, Ill.
music clip of the day 