Modern Notebook for December 8

Modern Notebook for December 8 - 14, 2024

Photo: composer Caterina Schembri (photo credit: Néstor Romero Clemente).

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: we continue our series of programs inspired by the Winter Season with music draws on stars and the night sky. Hear “A Very Star-Like Start” by John Liberatore, and more music about stars by Jessie Montgomery, Chris Opperman, David Fulmer, and others. And, it’s music of the night by Golfam Khayam, with the “Night Triptych” for two guitars, and new music from Caterina Schembri titled “I wake up in the night when I dream in black and white.”

Also featuring music by Natalie Moller, Derek Bermel, Clarice Assad, Reena Esmail, Juhi Bansal, Sophia Jani, and Emma O’Halloran. And performances by clarinetist Jessica Pollack with pianist Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., vocalist Michelle O’Rourke with Ficino Ensemble, The Knights, violinist Harumi Rhodes, Gesualdo Six, soprano Laura Strickling with pianist Daniel Schlosberg, Kontai Ensemble, harpist Parker Ramsay, and others.

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