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Tuesday, November 24th

More Sergio.

Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998), live (master class), Italy (Bertinoro)

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This morning I breakfasted sumptuously and with delight, but one ought not to utter statements like this so loudly in an era when delicate persons have the most indelicate heaps of cares piled upon their shoulders.

—Robert Walser (1878-1956), “Hodler’s Beech Forest,” translated from German by Susan Bernofsky (Looking at Pictures, 2015)

Monday, November 23rd

I never tire of these tiny, gemlike pieces.

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), 24 Preludes (1835-1839); Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998), piano, 1959

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Awake at night—
the sound of the water jar
cracking in the cold.

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