Modern Notebook for April 17, 2022

Photo: Composer Valerie Coleman (Photo credit: Matt Murphy)

Coming up on the next Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a work for saxophone and guitar by Baljinder Sekhon called “Balancing Act.” Plus, hear the group Wild Rumpus transform a Radiohead song into something completely new and different; and Valerie Coleman’s “Portraits of Langston,” which is inspired by the writings of Langston Hughes.


Featuring works by Stephanie Ann Boyd, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Viet Coung, Cullyn Murphy, and others; and performances by Duo Montagnard, McGill/McHale Trio, pianist Holly Roadfeldt, Unheard-of//Ensemble, PRISM Quartet, and more.



That’s this week on Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Stream at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • The Danish String Quartet performs their arrangement of traditional Scandinavian folk music.
  • Daffodil by Stephanie Ann Boyd.
  • Sarah Kirkland Snider’s Chrysalis.
  • Balancing Act by Baljinder Sekhon.
  • Kaija Saariaho’s Asteroid 4179: Toutatis.
  • Portraits of Langston by Valerie Coleman.
  • Quietly Urging from Cindy Cox’s Waves.

Hour 2

  • Olcott Park by Aaron Travers.
  • Viet Cuong’s Prized Posessions.
  • everywhere all ways by Cullyn Murphy.
  • Radiohead’s Weird Fishes/Apeggi (arranged by Dan VanHassel).
  • Song and Dance by Maya Verlaak.

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