Modern Notebook for June 20, 2021

Photo: Composer Anthony R. Green (Photo credit: Nathan Hall)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares music by Shawn Okpebholo from his “Two Black Churches;” music for solo piano by Tania León titled “Ritual;” and a dance suite by Anthony R. Green called “The Green Double” that draws on Black history, Massachusetts history, and western classical music history.


Plus, works by Jace Clayton, Shelley Washington, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Errollyn Wallen, and others; and performances by the Catalyst Quartet, The Lowell Chamber Orchestra, saxophonist Jeffrey Leung, Transient Canvas, baritone Will Liverman, and others.



That and more 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

  • Lethe’s Children by Jace Clayton.
  • Jessie Montgomery’s Banner.
  • The Green Double: A Historical Dance Suite by Anthony R. Green.
  • Eleanor Alberga’s The Wild Blue Yonder.
  • BLACK MARY by Shelley Washington.

Hour 2

  • Rebounds by Jonathan Bailey Holland.
  • Ballad of Birmingham from Shawn Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches.
  • Errollyn Wallen’s Cello Concerto.
  • Ritual by Tania León.
  • Leila Adu-Gilmore’s For Edna

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