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.
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 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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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: Les Percussions de Strasbourg (photo credit: Christophe Urbain)
Photo: composer Daniel Thomas Davis (photo credit: Melissa Rivard).
