Hour 1
- Silbo by Andrea Casarrubios.
- Johanny Navarro’s Bambuleá.
- Haiku by Moira Smiley.
- Liliya Ugay’s Mother Tales.
- Parti Di-ffiniau by Bethan Morgan-Williams.
- Amy Nam’s Of Breath and Fire.
- Danza de los Saqsampillos by Gabriela Lena Frank.
Modern Notebook for March 3 - 9, 2024
Composer Liliya Ugay (photo courtesy of the artist).
On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Liliya Ugay is a composer who is also a mother, and she says that composer-mothers have been vastly underrepresented in the history of music,past and present. Her piece “Mother Tales” is inspired by the routines of motherhood, with the first movement depicting lulling a baby to sleep, and a second movement which captures the curiosity, awkwardness, and wonder of play.
Then: There is an effervescence and turbulence to artist Gwen O’Dowd’s abstract sea paintings, which serves as inspiration for Jane O’Leary’s work “underneath the dark blue waves.” It’s music that moves in waves of sound, at times capturing the brightness of the ocean’s surface, other times its peacefulness, and even its fury.
Listen for that, plus music by Johanny Navarro, Moira Smiley, Bethan Morgan-Williams, Amy Nam, Yu-Hui Chang, Julie Herndon, Lillie Harris, and others; and performances by flutist Amalia Toratjada Zanón with guitarist Andrea González Caballero, Conspirare, violinist Sunmi Chang with pianist Clara Yang, fivebyfive, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, Kukuruz Quartet, Nordic Viola, and more.
Hour 2
- Beata Moon’s Movement.
- Germinate by Yu-Hui Chang.
- Jane O’Leary’s beneath the dark blue waves.
- When the Machine Rhythms With My Body by Julie Herndon.
- Lillie Harris’ Elsewhen.
Recent Shows
On the final episode of Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Hideaki Aomori’s Split stretches the bass clarinet to its limits, exploring the full breadth of its sound world. This hour also features Baljinder Sekhon’s Drifting Seeds for cello and harp, along with music by Anna Mieke, Vivian Fung, and more. Then: chamber music by Jessica Ackerley called Spark Surge — one of the highlights of the final hour. You’ll also hear Fumiko Miyachi’s piano duo Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange Charm , alongside music by Shirish Korde, Oliver Knussen, and others. Also in this episode: music by Tania León performed by pianist Isabel Dobarro; Claire Victoria Roberts performed by the National Youth Choir of Great Britain; Judd Greenstein performed by NOW Ensemble; Justin H. Bush performed by saxophonist Timothy McAllister and pianist Liz Ames; and flutist Tessa Brinckman performing music by Shirish Korde.
Photo: composer Aart Strootman (photo courtesy of the composer's website).
Photo: composer and cellist Andrea Casarrubios (photo credit: Titilayo Ayangade).
Photo: composer Ellie Wilson. (Photo credit: Dimitri Djuric)
Photo: Les Percussions de Strasbourg (photo credit: Christophe Urbain)
Photo: composer Daniel Thomas Davis (photo credit: Melissa Rivard).
