Modern Notebook for November 21, 2021

Photo: Pianist Julia Den Boer (Photo courtesy of Artist)

On this week’s Modern Notebook, join Tyler Kline for string quartet music by Reza Vali titled Nayshâborak, which utilizes a traditional Persian tuning system.


And solo piano music by Linda Catlin Smith from pianist Julia Den Boer’s latest album of music that invites listeners to examine and absorb themselves in the resonance, sustain, and sonority of the instrument.


Plus: music by Eleanor Alberga, Allison Loggins-Hull, Molly Herron, and Kenji Bunch; and performances by Del Sol String Quartet, cellist Thomas Mesa, Ensemble Arcadiana, Science Ficta, and more.



That and more on the next Modern Notebook: Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.


Hour 1

  • Blue Curve of the Earth by Tina Davidson.
  • Eleanor Alberga’s String Quartet No. 2.
  • Four Beautiful Songs by Kirk O’Riordan.
  • Ingrid Arauco’s Fantasy-Quartet.
  • Stolen by Allison Loggins-Hull.

Hour 2

  • Canon No. 2 by Molly Herron.
  • Reza Vali’s Nayshaborak – Calligraphy No. 6.
  • Echoes of Life by Elizabeth Start.
  • Linda Catlin Smith’s The Underfolding.
  • Luminaria by Kenji Bunch.

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