Modern Notebook for January 9, 2022

Photo: Composer Giulia Lorusso (Photo courtesy of Artist Management)

On Modern Notebook this week, Tyler Kline shares a work by Nkeiru Okoye titled Euba’s Dance, which incorporates elements of “African pianism.” Plus, a concerto performed by bass trombonist Russ Zokaites from his latest album.


And solo piano music by Giulia Larusso titled “Déserts,” a collection of five pieces, that are inspired by poetic images associated with the desert.


Also featuring works by Jessie Montgomery, Max Stoffregen, Baljinder Sekhon, Kenneth Fuchs, and Vivian Fung; and performances by violinist Michi Wiancko, Friction Quartet, Eastman Saxophone Project, pianist Julia Den Boer, and more.



That and more 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 1

  • Rhapsody No. 2 by Jessie Montgomery.
  • Max Stoffregen’s The California Crest.
  • Rendezvous by Baljinder Sekhon.
  • Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Foreign Bodies.

Hour 2

  • Euba’s Dance by Nkeiru Okoye.
  • The Bass Trombone Concerto by Kenneth Fuchs.
  • Giulia Lorusso’s Déserts.
  • Violin Concerto by Vivian Fung.

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