Modern Notebook for November 30 - December 6, 2025

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.


Hour 1

  • Tumbao by Tania León
  • Anna Mieke’s Groundwork
  • Split by Hideaki Aomori
  • Baljinder Sekhon’s Drifting Seeds
  • The Moon is Distant from the Sea by Claire Victoria Roberts
  • Vivian Fung’s Glimpses for prepared piano: I. Kotekan
  • Change by Judd Greenstein

Hour 2

  • Dreams of a Better Tomorrow by Justin H. Bush
  • Jessica Ackerley’s Spark Surge
  • Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Strange, Charm by Fumiko Miyachi
  • Shirish Korde’s Tenderness of Cranes
  • Two Organa for Large Ensemble by Oliver Knussen

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