This week on Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a Beatles song that’s been transformed by composer Toru Takemitsu into a beautiful solo guitar work. Plus, unheard-of//Ensemble performs a work by Cassie Wieland called To Live in Static; music for violin and electronics by Missy Mazzoli performed by violinist Jennifer Koh; and a collection of songs by Kirk O’Riordan setting 15 haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho, featuring soprano Ann Moss and pianist Holly Roadfeldt.



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Hour 1

• The first movement of Jessica Meyers Get Into the Now.
• Admiral Launch Duo performs music by Stephen Rush.
• Kirk O’Riordan’s Autumn Winds, a collection of songs setting 15 haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho.
• Music by Hilary Tann for solo cello called Kilvert’s Hills.

Hour 2

• Here, There, and Everywhere, a song originally performed by the Beatles and arranged by Toru Takemitsu for solo guitar.
• Cassie Wieland’s To Live in Static.
• Music for violin and harp by Kenji Bunch written in part as a response to September 11th.
• Kaija Saariaho’s Laterna Magica, music inspired by a pre-20th Century prototype film projector.
• A Thousand Tongues by Missy Mazzoli.