Modern Notebook for December 29, 2019
Photo: Composer Emma O’Halloran (Photo Credit: Alex Dowling)
Join Tyler Kline for the next Modern Notebook for new works that evoke the night sky, and music that finds brightness during the darkest time of year: we’ll hear a moment from Sungji Hong’s shining Missa Lumen de Lumine, plus a new release by the PRISM Quartet performing saxophone music by Emma O’Halloran.
Hour 1
- Trio Mediaeval performs a moment from the Missa Lumen de Lumine by Sungji Hong.
- Christopher Rouse‘s orchestral work Odna Zhizn, which in Russian means “One Life.”
- PRISM Quartet performs Emma O’Halloran.
- Music by David T. Little performed by the group What Is Noise.
- An Exaltation of Larks by Jennifer Higdon.
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).
