Hour 1
- Serenade for solo piano by Judith Lang Zaimont.
- Jiyoung Chung’s Freestyle Battle.
- Tres Homenajas: Compadrazgo by Gabriela Lena Frank.
- Finola Merivale’s oblivious/oblivion.
- Afro-dite by Nia Imani Franklin.
Modern Notebook for March 20, 2022
Photo: Composer Finola Merivale (photo courtesy of the artist)
Coming up on Modern Notebook this week, Tyler Kline shares a work by Kay He titled “BOKEH,” which is titled after the aesthetic quality of the lens-produced blur in photography. Plus: music by Nia Imani Franklin and Danielle Eva Schwob.
And Finola Merivale’s “oblivious/oblivion,” a nuanced work that brings awareness to the terrors of climate change.
Also featuring music by Jiyoun Chung, Gabriela Lena Frank, Kaija Saariaho, and others; and performances by Pathos Trio, fivebyfive, Unheard-of//ensemble, PUBLIQuartet, 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
- Smash by Jennifer Higdon.
- Danielle Eva Schwob’s Out of the Tunnel.
- BOKEH by Yuanyuan (Kay) He.
- Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica.
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