Modern Notebook for February 19 - 25, 2023

Photo: composer Jessie Montgomery (photo credit: Jiyang Chen).

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Jessie Montgomery’s “Coincident Dances” is music she says is inspired by the sounds found in New York City’s various cultures, and fuses together the sound-worlds of English consort, samba, techno, and more. 


Then, we’ll hear a minimalist work by Julius Eastman titled “Joy Boy;” the string quartet Brooklyn Rider performs a work by Matana Roberts; and the Violin Concerto No. 1 by Eleanor Alberga.


Featuring works by Darian Donovan Thomas, Courtney Bryan, Carlos Simon, Leila Adu-Gilmore, and others; and performances by escapeVelocity, Duo Noire, Chicago Sinfonietta, cellist Amanda Gookin, Infrasound, and more.

Hour 1

  • Fodder on My Wings by Nina Simone.
  • Darian Donavan Thomas’ Spring/Appeasement.
  • Soli Deo Gloria by Courtney Bryan.
  • Jessie Montgomery’s Coincident Dances.
  • Elegy: A Cry from the Grave by Carlos Simon.
  • Allison Loggins-Hull’s Homeland.
  • for Edna by Leila Adu-Gilmore.

Hour 2

  • borderlands… by Matana Roberts.
  • Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy.
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 by Eleanor Alberga.

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