Modern Notebook for July 4, 2021

Photo: Composer Paul Wiancko (Photo credit: Dario Acosta)

On this week’s Modern Notebook: Tyler Kline shares a work for solo guitar by Matthew Schreibeis titled “They Say.” Also, solo cello music by Nkeiru Okoye that utilizes a technique called “African pianism.” And, Aizuri Quartet performs music by Paul Wiancko.


Plus: performances by vibraphonist Cameron Denby, guitarist Dieter Hennings, pianist Holly Roadfeldt, and more; and works by Mark Zanter, Kamala Sankaram, Kiara Nathaniel, and others.



That’s on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.


Hour 1

  • Hommage a Neil Gaiman by Anthony Joseph Lanman.
  • Mark Zanter’s Earth Endures; Stars Abide.
  • 91919 by Kamala Sankaram.
  • Paul Wiancko’s LIFT.
  • Lullaby by Kiara Nathaniel.

Hour 2

  • Euba’s Dance by Nkeiru Okoye.
  • They Say by Matthew Schreibus.
  • Judith Markovich’s Remember.
  • Seeing is Believing by Nico Muhly.
  • Jessie Montgomery and Eleanore Oppenheim’s Ultraviolet.

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