Modern Notebook for November 7, 2021

Photo: Composer Anna Meredith (Photo credit: Gem Harris)

On Modern Notebook this week, it’s a bit of a celebration of Fall time, including Akemi Naito’s “Memory of the Woods” for solo marimba, and music by Toru Takemitsu for traditional Japanese instruments biwa and shakuhachi alongside a Western orchestra… titled “November Steps.”


Plus: a moment from the Autumn portion of Anna Meredith’s “ANNO” titled “Bloom.”


Also featuring works by Brendon Randall-Myers, Donnacha Dennehy, Laura Andel, and Tan Dun; and performances by pianist Miki Sawada, Crash Ensemble, Scottish Ensemble, guitarist Sharon Isbin, saxophonist Don-Paul Kahl, and more.



Join Tyler Kline for the next Modern Notebook: Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • Traditional Scandinavian music arranged and performed by the Danish String Quartet.
  • Bloom by Brendon Randall-Myers.
  • Toru Takemitsu’s November Steps.
  • Memory of the Woods by Akemi Naito.
  • Donnacha Dennehy’s Canons and Overtones.

Hour 2

  • Laura Andel’s The Seven Waves.
  • Bloom from Anna Meredith’s ANNO.
  • Tan Dun’s Concerto for Guitar Yi2.
  • From the Skyline by Mischa Zupko.

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