Modern Notebook for May 29, 2022

Photo: Composer Yaz Lancaster (photo courtesy of the artist)

Coming up on the next Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares music by Nico Muhly performed by the Claremont Trio, as well as a work for cello and voice by Yaz Lancaster titled “diepenveen.” And, Juri Seo’s String Quartet: Infinite Season, which tells the story of a year unfolding, sound by sound.


Plus: works by Mark Dancigers, Bosba Panh, Toru Takemitsu, Chen Yi, Chinary Ung, and others; and performances by pianist Danny Holt, cellist India Gailey, guitarist Jamie Monck, Argus Quartet, and more.



That’s on 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

  • Gospel by Mike Garson.
  • Mark Dancigers’ Hanging There.
  • Common Ground by Nico Muhly.
  • Bosba Panh’s Ode.
  • diepenveen by Yaz Lancaster.
  • Toru Takemitsu’s Rain Coming.
  • Second Flight by Joan Tower.

Hour 2

  • Dark Mountains by Chen Yi.
  • Chinary Ung’s Seven Mirrors.
  • String Quartet – Infinite Season by Juri Seo.

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