Hour 1
- Quest by Niloufar Nourbakhsh.
- Paola Prestini’s Variations on a Spell.
- Leyendas by Gabriela Lena Frank.
- Baljinder Sekhon’s Twelve Virtues.
Modern Notebook for June 27, 2021
Photo: Composer Baljinder Sekhon (Photo Credit: Doug O’Connor)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares solo harp music by Niloufar Nourbakhsh featuring harpist Elizabeth Remy Johnson from her latest release.
And a ritualistic work for solo soprano and percussion ensemble by Baljinder Sekhon titled Twelve Virtues, which was inspired by a variety of sacred books, philosophical texts, and even dictionaries and thesauruses.
Plus: works by Paola Prestini, Erik Griswold, Jeffrey Mumford, Shuying Li, and others; and performances by pianist Inna Faliks, soprano Jamie Jordan, Latitude 49, violinist Miranda Cuckson, Four Corners Ensemble, and more.
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 2
- Ruby by Ingrid Arauco.
- Gabriella Smith’s Huascarán.
- Mt. Nebo by Erik Griswold.
- Jeffrey Mumford’s an expanding distance of multiple voices.
- American Variations by Shuying Li.
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