Modern Notebook for February 14, 2021

Photo: Composer Judith Lang Zaimont (Photo courtesy of the artist)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline will be joined by composer Judith Lang Zaimont. Zaimont will be in virtual residence at the University of South Florida from February 15th to 19th. She’ll discuss a few of the world premieres of her music the USF New-Music Consortium will be presenting, talk about her incredible career as a composer, and much more.


Plus: music by Chinary Ung, Scott Lee, Narong Prangcharoen, Gabriela Lena Frank, Shelley Washington, and others; and performances by pianist Chen-Hui Jen, JACK Quartet, Heare Ensemble, PUBLIQuartet, Admiral Launch Duo, and more.



That’s on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 EST on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org and on the WUSF Public Media App.


Hour 1

  • Movement 3 from Esprimere by Laura Elise Schwendinger.
  • Chinary Ung’s Seven Mirrors.
  • Floating Away from Scott Lee’s Through the Mangrove Tunnels.
  • Patrick O’Malley’s Thaumaturgy.
  • Bencharong by Narong Prangcharoen.

Hour 2

  • Tyler talks with composer Judith Lang Zaimont, who will be in virtual residence at the University of South Florida February 15-19, 2021. Including two piece by Zaimont: a solo piano work and a string quartet work.
  • Gabriela Lena Frank’s Danza de los Saqsampillos.
  • In Seventh Heaven by Haukur Tómasson.
  • Shelley Washington’s Middleground.

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