Hour 1
- In Memory by Quinn Mason.
- Ben Verdery’s A Giant Beside You.
- Rain Tree Sketch by Toru Takemitsu.
- Emily Cooley’s Assemble.
- Symmetries by Clarice Assad.
- Michael Lanci’s Coalescence Cascade.
- Between Worlds by Carlos Simon.
Modern Notebook for August 27 - September 2, 2023
Photo: pianist Awadagin Pratt (photo credit: Rob Davidson).
On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: “Assemble” is the name of this piece by Emily Cooley for multi-tracked cellos… but it also describes the piece quite literally, because, as the composer says, “the title describes what I felt like I was doing while composing: assembling a sort of puzzle.”
Then a work by Paola Prestini inspired, in part, by frozen moments in time, and the feeling of being in love. It’s titled “Code,” a work for piano and orchestra inspired by the relationship between TS and Emily Hale, music that Prestini dedicates to an invented love with an 8 letter code name.
Featuring works by Quinn Mason, Ben Verdery, Clarice Assad, Carlos Simon, Juhi Bansal, Jen Shyu, David Clay Mettens, Lei Liang, and others; and performances by violist Jordan Bak, Ulysses Quartet, cellist Ashley Bathgate, Unheard-of//Ensemble, pianist Amaryn Olmeda with Sphinx Virtuosi, soprano Laura Strickling with pianist Daniel Schlosberg, pianist Awadagin Pratt with A Far Cry, Arditti Quartet, and others.
Hour 2
- Not Quite Stars by Juhi Bansal.
- Jen Shyu’s Jeom Jaeng Yi (Fortune Teller).
- Code by Paola Prestini.
- David Clay Mettens’ stain, bloom, moon, rain.
- Serashi Fragments by Lei Liang.
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).
