like nobody else
Terry Riley (June 24, 1935-, composer, musician), 90th birthday celebration, live, New York, 6/24/25: The Holy Liftoff (2024), Claire Chase (flutes); In C (1964), large ensemble
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Oak Park, Illinois
another take
Africa Express, “Terry Riley’s In C Mali,” live, London (Tate Modern), 2014
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lagniappe
reading table
I wouldn’t try to capture it
on the page, or in a blog, the inauspicious
leavings of a day. Closer to dream
than the hum of streets, and people
who once walked along them.—John Ashbery (1927-), “Gravy for the Prisoners,” excerpt (Breezeway, 2015)
timeless
Terry Riley (1935-), In C (1964); Terry Riley & Friends, live, Amsterdam, 2015
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lagniappe
random sights
other day, Chicago (Columbus Park)
sounds of Mali (day one)
Africa Express, “Terry Riley’s in C Mali,” 2013-15
I am overwhelmed and delighted by this CD. I was not quite prepared for such an incredible journey, hearing the soul of Africa in joyous flight over those 53 patterns of ‘In C’. This ensemble feeds the piece with ancient threads of musical wisdom and humanity indicating to me that this work is a vessel ready to receive and be shaped by the spontaneous feelings and colours of the magician/musician. I could not ask for a greater gift for this daughter’s 50th birthday.
—Terry Riley (1935-)
alone
Terry Riley (piano), live (sound: 0:16-), Moscow, 2000
I’m surprised that I got this old and know so little.
—Terry Riley
Terry Riley, talking and playing, California, 2010
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In C (excerpt), Terry Riley, 1964
Take 1
Terry Riley, Center of Creative and Performing Arts (SUNY-Buffalo), 1968
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Take 2
Ars Nova, Percurama Percussion Ensemble, Paul Hillier (cond.), 2007
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lagniappe
art beat: yesterday at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts
Hiroshige, The City Flourishing, Tanabata Festival (1857)
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