Hour 1
- Danish String Quarter performs updated traditional Scandinavian Music.
- Two Movements from Noriko Koide’s Drie Vensters.
- Nico Muhly’s How Little You Are.
Modern Notebook for August 15, 2021
Photo: Composer Jessie Cox (Photo credit: Gaya Feldheim Shorr)
On this week’s Modern Notebook: Tyler Kline shares a large-scale work by Nico Muhly titled “How Little You Are,” which is scored for choir and multiple guitar quartets.
And a piece by Jessie Cox called “Space Travel from Someplace Else,” which is a remix of a TV Series the composer created during the COVID lockdowns of 2020.
Plus, works by Emma O’Halloran, Noriko Koide, Juri Seo, Chaya Czernowin, and others; and performances by Conspirare, Wavefield Ensemble, cellist Joeann Whang, saxophonist Matthew Levy, Looptail, 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 2
- fardanceCLOSE by Chaya Czernowin.
- Emma O’Halloran’s Sum of its Parts.
- Night Song for Moths by Lisa Neher.
- Jessie Cox’s Space Travel from Someplace Else.
- Suite for Cello by Juri Seo.
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).
