Modern Notebook for February 4 - 10, 2024

Photo: Pianist Momo Kodama (photo credit: Marco Borggreve).

The Lunar New Year is coming up on February 10, and on the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline we are celebrating with music about the moon and works by composers from the Asian diaspora. Tune in for solo piano music by Zhiliang Zhang inspired by Chinese Opera; a work by Narong Prangcharoen named after the colors of Thai porcelain; and a piece by Naoko Hishinuma titled “On a Full Moon Night.”


Then, a solo flute work by Hee Yun Kim; music for prepared piano by Vivian Fung inspired by Balinese music; and a piano concerto by Toshio Hosokawa titled “Lotus under the moonlight.”


Plus music by Kitty Xiao, Jennifer Jolley, Ania Vu, Du Yun, Susanna Hancock, and Phong Tran; and performances by Nimbus Trio, cellist Matt Haimovitz, violinist Jennifer Koh, Heare Ensemble, pianist Conor Hanick, pianist Momo Kodama with Mito Chamber Orchestra, ~Nois, violinist Adrianne Munden-Dixon, and more.

Hour 1

  • Nimbus by Kitty Xiao.
  • Jennifer Jolley’s Compulsive Bloom.
  • Tik-Tak by Ania Vu.
  • Naoko Hishinuma’s On a Full Moon Night.
  • Windowsills by Du Yun.
  • Zhiliang Zhang’s Qiao Ling Liu Dan (The Beauty of Six Operatic Female Roles).
  • Bencharong by Narong Prangcharoen.

Hour 2

  • Snow from Vivian Fung’s Glimpses for prepared piano.
  • Hee Yun Kim’s Bit.
  • Lotus under the moonlight by Toshio Hosokawa.
  • Susanna Hancock’s HIATUS.
  • Generation by Phong Tran.

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