Hour 1
- Tyriq Baker’s The Radiance of Spirit.
- Nerv! Toccata for cello and piano by Sebastian Quesada.
- Vivian Fung’s String Quartet No. 2.
- Aud by Linda Buckley.
- Danielle Eva Schwob’s Traveling North.
- Dreams of Glass and Water by Kari Telstad Sundet.
Modern Notebook for December 31, 2023 - January 6, 2024
Composer Juhi Bansal (photo courtesy of the artist).
On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: As a composer, Vivian Fung seeks to address different artistic challenges in her work, often highlighting issues of her Asian identity. That’s the case with her String Quartet No. 2, which uses a Chinese folksong as the basis of several sections of the piece.
Then: Love, loss, and what we carry from those who leave us behind: these are the themes of four poems by Neil Aitken, set to music by Juhi Bansal in a piece titled “The Lost Country of Sight. It’s music and poetry that, in the composer’s words, portrays the cyclical nature of life and relationships, a look at the exile of body back to earth.
Listen for music by Tyriq Baker, Sebastian Quesada, Linda Buckley, Danielle Eva Schwob, Kari Telstad Sundet, Cassie Wieland, and others; and performances by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, cellist Tommy Mesa with pianist Michelle Cann, Jasper String Quartet, fivebyfive, violinist Adrianne Munden-Dixon, soprano Ruston Ropac with Blackbox Ensemble, and more.
Hour 2
- Lung by Cassie Wieland.
- Juhi Bansal’s The Lost Country of Sight.
- Five Meditations on Music from Luigi Rossi’s Collection by Reiko Füting.
- Toru Takemitsu’s Rain Coming.
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).
