Hour 1
- The Unconditional Sight by Ka Hei Cheng.
- Kitty Xiao’s Solstice I.
- Elegy: In Memoriam – Stephen Lawrence by Philip Herbert.
- Annika Socolofsky’s Rise.
- Tres Homenajes: Compadrazgo by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Modern Notebook for April 25, 2021
Photo: Composer Annika Socolofsky (Photo credit: Emory Hensley)
On this week’s Modern Notebook: Tyler Kline will share a round up of recent releases, with music by Eleanor Alberga for horn and chamber ensemble; a work for guitar quartet and choir by Reena Esmail featuring the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; and a piece for alto saxophone and piano by Annika Sokolofsky titled Rise, in which the piano strings are bowed.
Plus: works by Kitty Xiao, Philip Herbert, Cecilia Arditto, Dai Fujikura, and others; and performances by saxophonist Jonathan Hulting-Cohen with pianist Nicholas Shaneyfelt, Nimbus Trio, Third Angle New Music, English horn soloist Jacqueline Leclair, and more.
That’s Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 2
- Música Invisible by Cecilia Arditto
- John Liberatore’s This Living Air.
- Shining Gate of Morpheus by Eleanor Alberga.
- Dai Fujkura’s Perpetual Spring.
- When the Guitar by Reena Esmail.
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).
