Modern Notebook for May 23, 2021

Photo: Composer Christopher Cerrone (Photo credit: Jacob Blickenstaff)

Coming up on the next Modern Notebook: music by Caroline Shaw for string quartet, as well as orchestral music by Magnus Johannson performed by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra.


Plus, a new release from composer Christopher Cerrone:  his solo piano work “The Arching Path.”


Also featuring works by Huang Ruo, Dai Fujikura, Lisa Neher, Kitty Xiao, and Konstantia Gourzi; and performances by violist Miranda Cuckson, the Harlem Quartet, pianist Timo Andres, the Attacca Quartet, and more.


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


Hour 1

  • Fanfare from Huang Ruo’s Two Pieces for Orchestra.
  • The second movement of Judith Lang Zaimont’s String Quartet The Figure: In Bright Light.
  • Prism Spectra by Dai Fujikura.
  • Christopher Cerrone’s The Arching Path.
  • Adagio by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson.

Hour 2

  • Reach Out by Lisa Neher.
  • Kitty Xiao’s Emei.
  • Photography by Errollyn Wallen.
  • Konstantia Gourzi’s Hommage à Mozart.
  • Plan and Elevation by Caroline Shaw.

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