Modern Notebook for July 17, 2022

Photo: Violist Kimia Hesabi (Photo credit: Emory Hensley)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares the Violin Concerto No. 1 by Eleanor Alberga, as well as music by Brendon Randall-Myers, Ornette Coleman, and others. Plus, music by Mozhgan Chahian from violist Kimia Hesabi’s newest album of music by Iranian composers.


Also featuring works by Baljinder Sekhon, David Liptak, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Reena Esmail, and others; and performances by pianist Eunmi Ko, McCormick Percussion Group, Transient Canvas, pianist Miki Sawada, and more.



That’s on the next Modern Notebook: Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Listen at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • Resolves by Rain Worthington.
  • Joan Tower’s Petrouchskates.
  • Refuge by Baljinder Sekhon.
  • Argo Navis from David Liptak’s Constellations.
  • Mozhgan Chahian’s Hani and Sheh Mureed.
  • Cobalt Blue by Patrick Long.
  • Jonathan Bailey Holland’s Rebounds.

Hour 2

  • Improvisations on Law Years and Street Woman by Ornette Coleman.
  • Brendon Randall-Myers’ Echo.
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 by Eleanor Alberga.
  • Reena Esmail’s When the Guitar.

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