On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: What does space sound like? Deirdre McKay’s Mr Shah Stares to the Heavens captures the tension between cosmic silence and the richness of sound on Earth — a quiet meditation through music.

Then: Full of driving rhythms and striking textures, Errollyn Wallen’s Violin Concerto is bold and unpredictable. A single, extended movement gives the violinist room to push against every boundary.



Also featuring music by Marilyn Bliss, Gabriela Lena Frank, Ma Sicong, Carle J. Wirshba, Matthew Aucoin, André Mehmari, Amy Brandon, Jamie Tweed, Charles Ross, and Maria Kaoutzani; and performances by Belfiato Quintet, Brooklyn Rider, violinist Julia Glenn, pianist Konstantinos Valianatos, Musici Ireland, Calliope Brass, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, pianist Andree-Ann Deschenes, Alkali Collective, violinist Phillipe Quint, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Slide Action, violist Katherine Wren, and ~Nois.