Hour 1
- Images by Nina Simone.
- The Rain from Shawn E. Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches.
- Akenya Seymour’s Fear the Lamb.
- The Green Double: A Historical Dance Suite by Anthony R. Green.
- Rhiannon Giddens’ At the Purchaser’s Option.
Modern Notebook for June 19, 2022
Photo: Composer Carlos Simon (Photo courtesy of the artist)
This week’s Modern Notebook falls on Juneteenth, and Tyler Kline will be sharing a number of works by composers that draw on Black history in America, including Shawn Okpebholo, Anthony Green, Rhiannon Giddens, and others. Plus, Carlos Simon’s powerful Requiem for the Enslaved, which blends spirituals with the liturgical mass.
Also featuring music by Nina Simone, Akenya Seymour, Tyshawn Sorey, and Quinn Mason; and performances by baritone Will Liverman, Palaver Strings, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, PUBLIQuartet, Hub New Music with spoken word artist Marco Pavé and trumpeter MK Zulu, and violist Jordan Bak.
Tune in for Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 2
- Introduction from Tyshawn Sorey’s The Inner Spectrum of Variables.
- Carlos Simon’s Requiem for the Enslaved.
- In Memory by Quinn Mason.
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