Modern Notebook for August 16, 2020
Photo: Composer Arlene Sierra (Photo credit: Ian Phillips-McLaren)
On the next Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a work by Julia Wolfe titled Lick, which takes inspiration from funk, Motown, and rock fragments. Plus, a Piano Concerto by Arlene Sierra that is inspired by and title after Sun Tzu’s ancient text of military strategy, The Art of War.
Plus, performances by The Chrysalis Duo, the Bang on a Can All-Stars, pianist Eunmi Ko, and Eighth Blackbird; and music by David Liptak, Carlos Simon, Stephen Hartke, and Alla Elana Cohen.
That’s coming up on this week’s Modern Notebook: Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Hour 1
- Watercolors of the Master Who is Accustomed to Paint Oils by Alla Elana Cohen.
- Argo Navis from David Liptak’s Constellations.
- Julia Wolfe’s Lick.
- Pianist Huw Watkins and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales perform the music of Arlene Sierra.
- Music by Steven Mackey that explores the various -ludes (prelude, interlude, postlude) in the context of Johann Sebatian Bach’s Contrapunctus XI.
Hour 2
- Carlos Simon’s Elegy: A Cry from the Grave.
- Chiaroscuro Azzurro by Laura Elise Schwendinger, which she describes as a “pocket concerto” for violin and chamber orchestra.
- Eighth Blackbird performs music by Stephen Hartke.
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).
