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.