Modern Notebook for May 24 2020
Photo: Cobalt Duo: Kate Halsall & Fumiko Miyachi [Photo courtesy Birmingham Record Company]
On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline will share some new releases from the past few months, including saxophone music by Emily Koh performed by the PRISM Quartet; a movement from Kati Agócs’ Immutable Dreams called Microconcerto; and a four-hand piano piece by Fumiko Miyachi inspired by the six flavors of quarks, titled Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange, Charm.
Plus: performances by violinist Patrick Yim, the Serafin String Quartet, Heare Ensemble, the Bang on a Can All-stars, flutist Tammy Evans Yonce, and much more.
That’s on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Hour 1
- Memory by Chen Yi
- Jennifer Higdon’s Sky Quartet.
- Third Sound performs music by Kati Agócs.
- Tendenza by Magnus Lindberg.
- Music by Carter Pann performed by the Heare Ensemble.
Hour 2
- Bang on a Can All-Stars perform the music of Richard Reed Parry.
- heteronym by Emily Koh, music inspired by Singlish and other languages and dialects spoken in Singapore.
- Firewalk for solo glissando flute by Jay Batzner.
- Cobalt Duo performs music by Fumiko Miyachi.
- Timo Andres’ Fast Flows the River.
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).
