On the next Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a work by Finnish composer Maija Hynninen for violin and electronics called Dawn Breaks, which is intertwined with the music of Hildegard von Bingen. Plus, the String Quartet Number 3 by Eleanor Alberga, a work that blends tonal elements with 12-tone series.

Featuring music by Kirk O’Riordan, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gabriela Lena Frank; and performances by violinist Mirka Malmi, Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, Ensemble Arcadiana, and more.



Tune in Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org, and on the WUSF Public Media App.

Hour 1

• A re-imagining of George Gershwin’s Summertime by Toru Takemitsu.
• Maija Hynninen’s ….sicut aurora procedit: As the Dawn Breaks, for violin and electronics.
• Four Beautiful Songs by Kirk O’Riordan, which sets poems by Lee Upton that address the concept of “beauty” in different ways.
• Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Foreign Bodies.

Hour 2

• Niko Schroeder’s Canvas the Bear.
• Music for flute and piano by Gabriela Lena Frank inspired by Peruvian photographer Martín Chambi.
• Eleanor Alberga’s String Quartet No. 3.