Modern Notebook for May 1, 2022

Photo: Composer Takuma Itoh (photo credit: Ben Ferrari)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, tune in for a work by Gabriela Lena Frank for two marimbas titled “Danza de los Saqsampillos.” Also, music for harp by Takuma Itoh inspired by the songs of humpback whales, and music for electric guitar by Cassie Wieland titled “so what have you been up to.”


Plus: works by Jennifer Jolley, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Matthew Schreibeis, Wang Lu, Liang Lei, Nicole Lizeé, and others; and performances by Latitude 49, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, soprano Stephanie Lamprea, guitarist Jamie Monck, Unheard-of//Ensemble, and more.



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


Hour 1

  • Compulsive Bloom by Jennifer Jolley.
  • Sarah Kirkland Snider’s You Are Free.
  • Danza de los Saqsampillos by Gabriela Lena Frank.
  • Matthew Schreibeis’ Noticing.
  • Koholā Sings by Takuma Itoh.
  • Michael Lanci’s Coalescence Cascade.
  • Watercolors by Daniel Pesca.

Hour 2

  • Bathing by Wang Lu.
  • Liang Lei’s Trio.
  • so what have you been up to by Cassie Wieland.
  • Nicole Lizeé’s Bondarsphere.
  • Ghostwritten Variations by Reinaldo Moya.

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