Modern Notebook for December 8, 2019
Photo: Unheard-of//Ensemble (Photo: Michael Yu)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline will have music for solo cello by Paola Prestini inspired by the writings of Shakespeare, a work by Christopher Stark that reflects on the 2016 Maple Fire, the largest forest fire in Yellowstone National Park since 1988, and performances by Unheard-of//Ensemble, the Parhelion Trio, Admiral Launch Duo, and more.
Hour 1
- Paola Prestini‘s Ophelia.
- …a mesure by Phillipe Hurel.
- A major orchestral work by Einojuhani Rautavaara, A Tapestry of Life.
- Annika Socolofsky‘s Turadh, which reflects on the composer’s time spent playing fiddle for her grandmother and her identical twin on bleak Midwestern days at their home in rural Kansas.
Hour 2
- Kitchen Dance by Christine Delphine Hedden.
- Excerpts from Lou Harrison’s music for ballet, Solstice.
- Solo marimba music by Akemi Naito, Memory of the Woods.
- Nico Muhly‘s Motion.
- Maple by Christopher Stark.
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