Hour 1
- Hocket by Meredith Monk
- Jenni Brandon’s Sea Songs: Mobula Ray
- Growth by Nasim Khorassani
- Nik Bärtsch’s Seven Eleven
- Invention #1: Double Down for two violins by Curtis Stewart
- Un Hoe Park’s Korean Rhapsody
- Vixen by Alexandra Gardner
Modern Notebook for November 2 - 8, 2025
Photo: Les Percussions de Strasbourg (photo credit: Christophe Urbain)
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.
Hour 2
- Remembrance by Trevor Weston
- Michaela Catranis’s the ghosts in these trees
- The Sleep of Reason by Sinan C. Savaşkan
- Haflidi Hallgrimsson’s Solitaire I, Op. 1
- Circling by Yunfei Li
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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: composer Daniel Thomas Davis (photo credit: Melissa Rivard).
Photo: violist Hiyoli Togawa and percussionist Alexej Gerassimez (photo credit: Anne Hornemann)
