Modern Notebook for August 23, 2020

Photo: Composer Tonia Ko (Photo credit: Matt Dine)

Coming up on Modern Notebook this week, Tyler Kline dedicates nearly an hour to newly-released music from this past month, including a work for flute and electronics by Christopher Cerrone titled “Liminal Highway;” music for solo viola from Lisa Bielawa’s new album; and music by Tonia Ko, performed by the Grossman Ensemble, recently described by the Chicago Reader as “a sensuous petting zoo of sounds.”

Plus: a violin concerto by Jarkko Hartikainen performed by violinist Sini Virtanen with the McCormick percussion group; music by Misato Mochizuki, Anna Weesner, and David Crowell; and performances by pianist Ning Yu, the NOW Ensemble, flutist Tim Munro, and much more.

That’s on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.

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