Modern Notebook for May 31 ,2020
Photo: University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra (Photo courtesy USF College of the Arts/School of Music)
This week’s Modern Notebook features a recording from November 2019 of the HK Gruber Cello Concerto, featuring cellist Scott Klukdahl and the University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra led by Dr. William Wiedrich.
Plus, we’ll hear music by Kristin Kuster, Hilary Tann, and Lansing McLoskey; and performances from Eighth Blackbird, Quince Ensemble, The newEar Ensemble, flutist Lindsey Goodman, and others.
That’s on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 EDT on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Hour 1
- Guernica for solo piano by Beata Moon.
- Lansing McLoskey’s Specific Gravity: 27.2, music written for the 20th Anniversary of the newEar Ensemble.
- Music by Jace Clayton performed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars.
- Anna Weesner’s piano trio Lift High, Reckon – Fly Low, Come Close.
- HK Gruber’s Cello Concerto featuring cellist Scott Kluksdahl and the University of South Florida Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr. William Wiedrich.
Hour 2
- Josh Oxford’s Bluez….
- PRISM Quartet performs music by Kristin Kuster.
- Music by David Lang from his large-scale work Love Fail.
- A newly released recording from the Sirius Quartet performing music by Hilary Tann.
- Joan Tower’s Petroushskates.
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).
