Modern Notebook for December 4-10, 2022

Photo: Trio Klangspektrum (photo credit: Zuzanna Specjal)

This week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline kicks off a a special series of programs celebrating the winter season: hear a mix of contemporary music about wintry weather, such as Elena Langer’s “Snow,” Shuying Li’s “Canton Snowstorm,” and “Dreams Grow Like Slow Ice” by Jay Batzner. Plus, we settle into stillness with a work by Anna Thorvaldsdottir titled “Ró,” which is named for the Icelandic word for “serenity,”

Then, a work for violin and percussion orchestra by Jarkko Hartikainen titled “ICE Concerto;” Jonathan Hannau“Snowfall,” from his new collection of works, “Pieces I Wrote on a Cold Winter Night;” and a frigid piece by Sebastian Fagerlund titled “Breathe,” which explores the timbres of clarinet, accordion, and cello through musical inhales and exhales.

Also featuring music by Gifrants, Kerensa Briggs, Sarah Lianne Lewis, and others; and performances by violinist Yolanda Bruno and pianist Isabelle David, pianist Marianne Parker with Crossing Borders Music, Riot Ensemble, Four Corners Ensemble, Trio Klangspektrum, violinist Sini Virtanen with the McCormick Percussion Group, and more.

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