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This is a post of utter devotion to Miki, who for This is a post of utter devotion to Miki, who for as long as I've known and loved her has done everything with the fiercest integrity, deepest thought, and the fullest heart of just about anyone.
I keep trying to write more but it keeps devolving into mush because there are too many memories and feelings, so some pictures from half our lives ago + a few from this week will have to do.
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Day one of Recording Project Madness is IN THE BAG Day one of Recording Project Madness is IN THE BAG. Pictured--focusing before (selfies count!); punchy as hell after.
Muziekgebouw Eindhoven is a dream venue for this gorgeous program of songs by Boulanger, Szymanowski and Bacewicz, and Frerik de Jong is the LOVELIEST possible friend, colleague, mind and heart to listen, guide us, and catch it all in four days.
Lucky me!! Lucky us!!
Happy 2023! Time is a construct! But I think I jus Happy 2023!
Time is a construct!
But I think I just decided on my one resolution this year, which is to be more like this lichen and be fiery on grey-blue days too.
How's YOUR Christmas going? #albumprep #blessed #t How's YOUR Christmas going?
#albumprep
#blessed
#tired
#fatiguΓ©e
#wycieΕ„czona
#muede
What Berio does to you...! It was a kick to return What Berio does to you...!
It was a kick to return to this piece last night--thanks to @frerikdejong @alab_ams @muziekgebouw @beegeeproductions .
I first learned the Sequenza iii when I was 23 and knew nothing about anything. Working on it again all these years later, I realized it's one of those scores that becomes infinitely personal after you've done the work of absorbing all the notation. No two recordings or performances are alike, including from the same performer: they're all a synthesis of the composer, originator (Cathy Berberian), and wherever the singer is in any given day, year, or decade--how their own life experience emerges through a huge and colorful range of vocal sounds.
I guess all music is that, or should be, but this piece makes it so clear. It was cool to re-enter its world in a new version of myself.
Also: Jonathan Dove's Ariel: FABULOUS. Take heed, singers of all genders and voice types.
The Auditory Reset series continues in the new year--take a look!
In the series Places-I-Didn't-Expect-To-Be-Two-Day In the series Places-I-Didn't-Expect-To-Be-Two-Days-Ago: snowy, beautiful Switzerland. Today: Scarlatti and Handel at the Paul Klee Zentrum with @arcangelomusic
Somehow, this happened... and the maple graciously Somehow, this happened... and the maple graciously kept its leaves long enough to be the glamor queen of our once-every-billion-years family photo.
A bit of "Zeffiretti, deh venite" from Handel's GO A bit of "Zeffiretti, deh venite" from Handel's GORGEOUS and hardly-known cantata Notte placida, with the Sebastians. Can you believe this music??
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Eeee!! Epic afternoon spent choosing the right pia Eeee!! Epic afternoon spent choosing the right piano from an abundance of Steinways at Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, heaven-haven for the next CD project with @samarmstrongpianist .
1st pic by @frerikdejong - being back together today, talking sound and vibe and songs, almost exactly 2 years after our Regards sessions, was so exciting.
More soon, but yes, we're recording Lili Boulanger!
Before we started tearing apart our attic, I barel Before we started tearing apart our attic, I barely knew how to use a drill.

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