Hour 1
- Memory by Chen Yi.
- Akemi Naito’s Voyage.
- Violin Concerto No. 1 “Omnipresence” by Huang Ruo.
- Lines from Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee’s Dots, Lines, Convergences: Concerto for Zheng and Chamber Ensemble.
Modern Notebook for January 30, 2022
Photo: Composer Du Yun (Photo credit: Xiao Nan/Elle China)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline celebrates the upcoming Lunar New Year – the Year of the Tiger – with Toshio Hosokawa’s piano concerto “Lotus Under the Moonlight.”
Plus, Du Yun’s “When a Tiger Meets a Rosa Rugosa,” music that is inspired by a line of poetry the composer encountered on a broken mural in rural China.
Also featuring works by Chen Yi, Akemi Naito, Huang Ruo, Xiaogang Ye, Shuying Li, and others; and performances by violinist Patrick Yim, Third Sound, soprano Liping Zhang, pianist Momo Kodama, Four Corners Ensemble, and more.
That’s on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 2
- Mieko by Kai-Young Chan.
- Tale of Sorrowful Song from Xiaogang Ye’s The Song of the Earth.
- Du Yun’s When a Tiger Meets a Rosa Rugosa.
- Lotus Under the Moonlight by Toshio Hosokawa.
- Shuying Li’s American Variations.
Recent Shows
On the final episode of Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Hideaki Aomori’s Split stretches the bass clarinet to its limits, exploring the full breadth of its sound world. This hour also features Baljinder Sekhon’s Drifting Seeds for cello and harp, along with music by Anna Mieke, Vivian Fung, and more. Then: chamber music by Jessica Ackerley called Spark Surge — one of the highlights of the final hour. You’ll also hear Fumiko Miyachi’s piano duo Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange Charm , alongside music by Shirish Korde, Oliver Knussen, and others. Also in this episode: music by Tania León performed by pianist Isabel Dobarro; Claire Victoria Roberts performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain; Judd Greenstein performed by NOW Ensemble; Justin H. Bush performed by saxophonist Timothy McAllister and pianist Liz Ames; and flutist Tessa Brinckman performing music by Shirish Korde.
Photo: composer Aart Strootman (photo courtesy of the composer's website).
Photo: composer and cellist Andrea Casarrubios (photo credit: Titilayo Ayangade).
Photo: composer Ellie Wilson. (Photo credit: Dimitri Djuric)
Photo: Les Percussions de Strasbourg (photo credit: Christophe Urbain)
Photo: composer Daniel Thomas Davis (photo credit: Melissa Rivard).
