Modern Notebook for April 3, 2022

Photo: Composer Michael Ippolito (photo courtesy of the artist)

On Modern Notebook this week: Tyler Kline shares music for clarinet, violin, and cello by Meg Okura titled “Phantasmagoria.” Also, Michael Ippolito’s Capriccio, a multi-movement piece inspired by the work of German-American artist Hans Hofmann.


Plus, works by Guillame Conneson, Anna Clyne, Patricia Brennan, Judd Greenstein, Yoon-Ji Lee, Emma O’Halloran, and others; and performances by Hub New Music, McGill/McHale Trio, clarinetist Tasha Warren with cellist Dave Eggar and violinist Meg Okura, violinist Pauline Kim Harris, yMusic, and more.



That and more on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • Techno-Parade by Guillame Conneson.
  • Meg Okura’s Phantasmagoria.
  • Patricia Brennan’s Derrumbe de Turquesas.
  • Masquerade by Anna Clyne.
  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Reminiscence.
  • Together by Judd Greenstein.
  • Dai Fujikura’s Chance Monsoon.

Hour 2

  • all i want is… by Indigo Knecht.
  • Yoon-Ji Lee’s Shakonn.
  • Capriccio by Michael Ippolito.
  • Emma O’Halloran’s Night Music.

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