A return to basics: the text right out of the tsiddur, and the music right off the page.
Category: podcasts
A podcast of the daily recordings of Lev Kogan’s “Kaddish” for solo horn, by Erin L. Vang, usually but not always on horn and often including improvisations and collaborations with Mira Z. Amiras and guest artists.
daily kaddish: for Talia’s neighbor
A kaddish for Talia’s neighbor, murdered in his house this morning; may he rest in peace, and may his poor widow find peace herself somehow too.
daily kaddish: for Tina Wuelfing Cargile on her Yahrtzeit (almost)
On the day after Tina Wuelfing Cargile’s yahrtzeit, I remember my late collaborator.
daily kaddish: Labor Day
Ward Spangler, percussionist extraordinaire, sat down at my piano and started noodling. I picked up my flügelhorn, and we jammed.
daily kaddish: on the eve of Tina’s yahrtzeit
On the eve of Tina Wuelfing Cargile’s yahrtzeit, I remember my late collaborator.
daily kaddish: quintet
Tonight’s recording extends the asynchronous trio experiment from the night before.
daily kaddish: for jrr tolkein
J.R.R. Tolkein is definitely worth a kaddish! So here’s mine!
daily kaddish: for Lev Kogan’s “Kaddish”
Mira and I have been writing about being all kaddished out, and part of that grim reality is that I’m all “Kaddish”ed out. I’m tired of the piece already. Tonight I’m playing something else. So there.
daily kaddish: for Dona laPlante
A little over a year ago, my friend Louise’s sister Dona died. My brother and I worked with Louise at Hardee’s. We all went to high school together. Suffice it to say, Dona’s death was way too young.
daily kaddish: supine
Chaz’s latest choreography will begin with me playing horn—probably something quite Kaddish-like, yet!—while lying flat on my back on the floor. I assured Chaz that this can be done, and tonight I thought I’d better make sure about that.