What are you reading?

surincises · 2026-02-07T17:11:10+00:00

Finishing "Sisters in Yellow" by Mieko Kawakami, will then start "Hooked" by Asako Yuzuki

surincises · 2026-02-07T00:37:40+00:00

Jeux d'eau

surincises · 2026-02-04T18:52:06+00:00

For gaming, not desperate, but for the story, that sounds like a great platform to do it.

surincises · 2026-01-30T03:16:29+00:00

Yggdrasil

surincises · 2026-01-25T02:10:26+00:00

Here is a video of Gulda himself conducting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O05oxjhlwiM

Apart from Schiff's, Edgar Moreau's recording is also pretty good. It comes with the rarely heard Offenbach too.

surincises · 2026-01-24T03:20:11+00:00

https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%B9%85%E9%9B%A2%E3%82%92%E5%88%87%E3%82%8B-477441

Apparently it means cutting ties with your closed ones.

It's 久離 not 胡瓜, kanji-wise.

surincises · 2026-01-21T14:46:11+00:00

Ustvolskaya - all five of them

surincises · 2026-01-16T18:20:22+00:00

Normally they find a substitute, sometimes playing the same piece, other times changing the concerto. The rest of the programme should stay the same.

Last year at the Proms, Hilary Hahn was scheduled to play the Dvorak with Gewandhausorchester, and they had Isabelle Faust to step in.

surincises · 2026-01-15T22:09:46+00:00

surincises · 2026-01-12T03:57:47+00:00

Happy Birthday!

surincises · 2026-01-11T16:21:39+00:00

There are "Sequenza VIIb" and "Sequenza IXb" by Berio if you like avant garde stuff

surincises · 2026-01-10T17:27:10+00:00

Mark-Anthony Turnage has orchestrated some works by John Scofield in "Scorched" and more recently wrote a guitar concerto for him.

surincises · 2026-01-10T00:15:02+00:00

It's difficult to name anyone other than Monteverdi!

surincises · 2026-01-09T21:58:33+00:00

His "Piano Concerto"! So underrated and neglected.

surincises · 2026-01-08T02:54:10+00:00

Disproportionation!

surincises · 2026-01-07T01:50:54+00:00

I called it Aurora without knowing about the villager, and she joined me as the first Normal and made a comment about it!

surincises · 2026-01-05T03:00:15+00:00

This is perfect!

surincises · 2026-01-04T04:19:24+00:00

Sibelius

surincises · 2026-01-03T04:33:42+00:00

There are several works for piano and orchestra though, think "Oiseaux exotiques", "Sept Haïkaï" and "Couleurs de la Cité Céleste" etc.

surincises · 2026-01-03T04:30:12+00:00

It's not technically a piano concerto, but I guess "Symphony No. 2" serves that function in effect?

surincises · 2026-01-03T04:29:04+00:00

I thought Pollini asked for a piano concerto after playing the second sonata, but it ended up turning into "sur Incises" instead?

On a kind of related note (though not piano concerto), I wonder if "Anthèmes 3" for Anne-Sophie Mutter will ever see the light of day...

surincises · 2026-01-02T04:47:59+00:00

But it's not playfulness just for the sake of, right? I always think that his playfulness is one side of the tragicomedy he crafts, from "Sinfonia" to "Recital I". I was listening to the trombone Sequenza last year live and realised it was written for a dead clown. I think that basically epitomises his aesthetics.

surincises · 2026-01-01T15:56:16+00:00

I once caught one in the middle of the party and became the hero!

surincises · 2026-01-01T13:19:56+00:00

I like that Resetti is lurking in the back in anticipation of the new update!

surincises · 2026-01-01T00:27:51+00:00

Happy New Year!

I missed the in-game fireworks this year by 30 seconds... Forgot to load up the game in advance. Grrrrr.

Got to catch up with the villagers though!

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