Modern Notebook for March 28, 2021

Photo: Composer Tiange Zhou (Photo: courtesy of the artist)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, tune in for a newly-released recording of violin and cello music by Jessie Montgomery, as well as an orchestral work by Nicole Lizée called Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming.


Plus, a piece titled Room, one of the movements from Tiange Zhou’s solo piano work One Day.


Featuring works by Cindy Cox, Egidija Medekšaitė, Shuying Li, Nicole Lizée, Gabriella Smith, Shulamit Ran, and Emily Koh; and performances by Third Sound, pianist Chen-Hui Jen, Pacifica Quartet, PRISM Quartet, Cobalt Duo, Four Corners Ensemble, and others.



Join Tyler Kline for the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 Eastern on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • The first movement from Waves by Cindy Cox.
  • Textile I by Egidija Medekšaitė.
  • Shuying Li’s The Dryad.
  • Keep Driving, I’m Dreaming by Nicole Lizée.

Hour 2

  • Tessellations by Gabriella Smith.
  • Room from Tiange Zhou’s One Day.
  • Shulamit Ran’s String Quartet No. 3: Glitter, Doom, Shards, Memory.
  • Heteronym by Emily Koh.
  • Jessie Montgomery’s Duo for Violin and Cello.

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