Modern Notebook for July 3, 2022

Photo: Composer Jessie Montgomery (Photo credit: Jiyang Chen)

On Modern Notebook this week, Tyler Kline shares a pair of pieces for Independence Day inspired by the National Anthem: Jessie Montgomery’s “Banner,” and Kile Smith’s “The Dawn’s Early Light.” Plus, Tyler will be joined by pianist Ann DuHamel to discuss her project “Prayer’s for a Feverish Planet.”


Also featuring music by Marti Epstein, Viet Cuong, Sky Macklay, Nico Muhly, Darío Duarte, Laura Schwendinger, Gunter Gaupp, and others; and performances by Catalyst Quartet, Latitude 49, cellist Matt Haimovitz, NOW 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 1

  • Wise Words by Timo Andres.
  • Marti Epstein’s Oil & Sugar.
  • Banner by Jessie Montgomery.
  • Viet Cuong’s Wax and Wire.
  • Lift High, Reckon – Fly Low, Come Close by Anna Weesner.
  • Nico Muhly’s How About Now.
  • 1 3 2 3 by Sky Macklay.

Hour 2

  • Conversation with pianist Ann DuHamel about Prayers for a Feverish Planet.
  • Kile Smith’s The Dawn’s Early Light.
  • to be so tickled from Andrew Norman’s Sonnets.

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