Modern Notebook for April 19, 2020
Photo: Composer Libby Larsen (Photo credit: Ann Marsden)
Coming up on this week’s Modern Notebook: a piece by Lansing McLoskey for saxophone quartet called OK-OK, a work comprised solely of a recontextualized version of Charlie Parker’s solo from the be-bop classic Ko-Ko. Plus, a collection of solo piano music by Libby Larsen called White Pieces, inspired in part by creatives like TS Eliot, Hilda Doolittle, and JP Richardson. Featuring performances by The Frost Saxophone Quartet, flutist Tammy Evans Yonce, the New York Philharmonic, Sandbox Percussion, and others.
Hour 1
- Solo flute music by Alan Theisen performed by Tammy Evans Yonce.
- Lansing McLoskey’s OK-OK.
- Mindscape – Four Poetic Images by Akemi Naito.
- György Ligeti’s Melodien.
- Violinist Jennifer Koh, with violist Hsin-Yun Huang and cellist Wilhelmina Smith, perform music by Kaija Saariaho.
Hour 2
- The third movement of Steven Mackey‘s Ars Moriendi, titled Speak like the people, write like the king.
- Sandbox Percussion perform music by David Crowell.
- Magnus Lindberg’s EXPO.
- Solo piano music by Libby Larsen, White Pieces.
- Music by Gabriella Smith from the latest release by yMusic.
Recent Shows
On the final episode of Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Hideaki Aomori’s Split stretches the bass clarinet to its limits, exploring the full breadth of its sound world. This hour also features Baljinder Sekhon’s Drifting Seeds for cello and harp, along with music by Anna Mieke, Vivian Fung, and more. Then: chamber music by Jessica Ackerley called Spark Surge — one of the highlights of the final hour. You’ll also hear Fumiko Miyachi’s piano duo Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange Charm , alongside music by Shirish Korde, Oliver Knussen, and others. Also in this episode: music by Tania León performed by pianist Isabel Dobarro; Claire Victoria Roberts performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain; Judd Greenstein performed by NOW Ensemble; Justin H. Bush performed by saxophonist Timothy McAllister and pianist Liz Ames; and flutist Tessa Brinckman performing music by Shirish Korde.
Photo: composer Aart Strootman (photo courtesy of the composer's website).
Photo: composer and cellist Andrea Casarrubios (photo credit: Titilayo Ayangade).
Photo: composer Ellie Wilson. (Photo credit: Dimitri Djuric)
Photo: Les Percussions de Strasbourg (photo credit: Christophe Urbain)
Photo: composer Daniel Thomas Davis (photo credit: Melissa Rivard).
