On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Precision meets pulse in Seven Eleven — a hypnotic piece by Swiss composer Nik Bärtsch, known for fusing minimalism, jazz, and groove into something entirely his own. Built on interlocking rhythmic cycles, the music moves with the quiet intensity of a ritual: calculated, entrancing, and alive in the hands of percussion.

Then: For composer Sinan C. Savaşkan, The Sleep of Reason began as a dreamlike hallucination — a looping, microtonal tune he couldn’t shake on a tense overnight bus ride through London. That experience, alongside memories of Goya’s eerie etching The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, evolved into a solo flute piece full of shadows, symbols, and unresolved questions.



Also in this episode: music by Meredith Monk performed by cellist Maya Beiser, Jenni Brandon performed by clarinetist Jeremy Reynolds, Nasim Khorassani performed by violinist Nami Nazar, cellist Benjamin Larsen, and pianist Ava Nazar, Curtis Stewart performed by violinists Tai Murray and Njioma Grevious with the Sphinx Virtuosi, Un Hoe Park performed by pianist Hyeji Seo, Alexandra Gardner performed by Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, Trevor Weston performed by ECCE Ensemble, Michaela Catranis performed by Riot Ensemble, Haflidi Hallgrímsson performed by cellist Sigurgeir Agnarsson, and Yunfei Li performed by Duo Entre-Nous.