Modern Notebook for April 11, 2021

Photo: Composer James B. Wilson (Photo courtesy of the artist)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a trio for flute, violin and piano by Kitty Xiao that is inspired by the work of Australian photographer Jane Brown. Also, music by Toshio Hosokawa and Isaac Schankler; plus, The Green Fuse by James B. Wilson, a work that is titled after a fragment of a Dylan Thomas poem.


Featuring works by Anna Clyne, Christopher Cerrone, Lei Liang, Lisa Bielawa, Sarah Kirkland Snider, and others; and performances by flutist Tim Munro, Chineke! Orchestra, the Nimbus Trio, flutist Sarah Carrier, pipa soloist Gao Hong, and more.



Tune in: Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • For Scraps of Manna from John Liberatore’s This Living Air.
  • Anna Clyne’s Masquerade.
  • Liminal Highway by Christopher Cerrone.
  • James B. Wilson’s The Green Fuse.
  • Novum by Kitty Xiao.

Hour 2

  • Alien Warp Etude by Isaac Schankler.
  • Toshio Hosokawa’s Drawing for eight players.
  • Gargoyles by Lisa Bielawa.
  • Lei Liang’s Five Seasons.
  • Ballade by Sarah Kirkland Snider.

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