Modern Notebook for December 29, 2024 - January 4, 2025

Photo: composer John Luther Adams (photo courtesy of the artist).

On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: composer Juri Seo says that her solo violin work “One” embraces the “duality of time,” as both a flowing and static phenomenon. It’s music cast in 12 movements, each one representing the months in a calendar year.


Then: The Earth is 4.5 billion years old – a length of time that, if compressed to 46 minutes, the existence of humans would only last 25 milliseconds. This is the basis of “An Atlas of Deep Time” by John Luther Adams, a work which the composer says is grounded in his desire to “hear the older, deeper resonances of the earth.”


Also featuring pieces by Emily Hall, Clarice Assad, Valerie Coleman, Bright Sheng, Gabriela Ortiz, and Dai Fujikura; and performances by Slide Action, harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson, violinist Patrick Yim, pianist Isabel Dobarro, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, and more.



Hour 1

  • Close Palms by Emily Hall.
  • Clarice Assad’s Solais.
  • One by Juri Seo.
  • Valerie Coleman’s Wish Sonatine.
  • String Quartet No. 4, “Silent Temple” by Bright Sheng.

Hour 2

  • Estudios entre Preludios: Estudio 3, Homenaje a Jesusa Palancares by Gabriela Ortiz.
  • Dai Fujikura’s Flux.
  • An Atlas of Deep Time by John Luther Adams.

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