Modern Notebook for March 22, 2020
Photo: Composer Kaija Saariaho (photo credit: Maarit Kytoharju)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, we’ll hear music for percussion quartet by Andy Akiho featured on a new release from Sandbox Percussion. Plus, a clarinet concerto by Kaija Saariaho which takes inspiration from six medieval tapestries. Featuring performances by yMusic, Unheard-of//Ensemble, pianist Nicholas Phillips, bassoonist Rebekah Heller, and others.
Hour 1
- Tessellations by Gabriella Smith.
- Arlene Sierra’s orchestral work, Aquilo.
- Unheard-of//Ensemble performs music by Nikitas Demos.
- in forests of evaporating time, a string quartet work by Jeffrey Mumford.
- Chen Yi’s Duo Ye No. 2.
Hour 2
- Music by Andy Akiho featured on a newly-released album by Sandbox Percussion.
- On speaking a hundred names for bassoon and live processing by Nathan Davis.
- Kaija Saariaho’s clarinet concerto, D’om le Vrai Sense.
- In the Midst by Ingrid Stölzel.
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