Modern Notebook for July 12, 2020
Photo: Piano trio Longleash (Photo Credit: Pascal Perich)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline will share music by Eduardo Costa Roldán from Eunmi Ko’s new album, as well as the First String Quartet by Jamaican-born composer Eleanor Alberga. Plus, the group Longleash performs a work by composer Clara Iannotta that, in part, consists of acts of homage to Maurice Ravel’s piano trio music.
Featuring performances by Third Sound, the LUCERNE FESTIVAL Ensemble, Crash Ensemble, NOW Ensemble; and music by Beata Moon, Dai Fujikura, Laura Elise Schwendinger, and more.
That’s Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org and on the WUSF Public Media App.
Hour 1
- Illusions for solo marimba by Beata Moon
- Eduardo Costa Roldán’s Imjing, written in tribute to Korean composer Isang Yun.
- Third Sound performs music by Christopher Wendell Jones.
- String Quartet No. 1 by Eleanor Alberga.
- Dai Fujikura’s Wondrous Steps, a worked that was commissioned to be based on the idea of risk management.
Hour 2
- Accel… by Ed Bennett.
- Il colore dell’ombra by Clara Iannotta.
- Laura Elise Schwendinger’s Esprimere for cello and chamber orchestra.
- NOW Ensemble performs music by Sean Friar.
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).
