Modern Notebook for March 21, 2021

Photo: Composer Ellen Lindquist (Photo credit: Elise Maalø)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a solo harp piece by Sayo Kosugi titled Nebula, Blooming; also, music for solo English Horn by Meera Gudipati titled Ashakiran – “Ray of Hope.”


Plus, a stunning work by Ellen Lindquist titled Mantra, for gamelan and chamber orchestra. It’s music that envelopes the listener in a sound world full of subtle detail and delicate sound textures.


Featuring works by Jessie Montgomery, Kristin Kuster, Shruthi Rajasekar, Nina C. Young, Ingrid Stölzel, Errollyn Wallen, and Laura Elise Schwendinger; and performances by violinist Michi Wiancko, PRISM Quartet, English horn soloist Jacqueline Leclair, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, violinist Jennifer Koh, pianist Eunmi Ko, and others.



That’s Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9 and streaming at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • Rhapsody No. 2 by Jessie Montgomery.
  • Kristin Kuster’s Red Pine.
  • Nebula, Blooming by Sayo Kosugi.
  • Meera Gudipati’s Ashakiran “Ray of Hope.”
  • Mantra by Ellen Lindquist.

Hour 2

  • Numbers by Shruthi Rajasekar.
  • Nina C. Young’s Sun Propeller.
  • Unus Mundus by Ingrid Stölzel.
  • Errollyn Wallen’s Cello Concerto.
  • Song for Andrew by Laura Elise Schwendinger.

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