Hour 1
- China Gates by John Adams
- Announcement from Huang Ruo’s Two Pieces for Orchestra.
- Anna Weesner’s The Nearness of Things.
- The Real Book of Fake Tunes by Anthony Cheung.
- Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Fields.
Modern Notebook for October 11, 2020
Photo: Spektral Quartet (Photo credit: Jocelyn Chuang)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares music by Unsuk Chin titled Rocana, which means “room of light” in Sanskrit and musically imagines the behavior of beams of light. Plus, a new recording from the Spektral Quartet with flutist Claire Chase performing a work called “The Real Book of Fake Tunes.”
Featuring performances by violinist Miranda Cuckson, Bang on a Can All-Stars, violinist Jennifer Koh, and pianist Liza Stepanova; and music by Anna Weesner, Anthony Cheung, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Jeffrey Mumford, Kamran Ince, and others.
That’s on the next Modern Notebook, this Sunday night from 8 to 10 EDT on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 2
- Missy Mazzoli’s Vespers for violin.
- Solo guitar music by Dai Fujikura: Chance Monsoon.
- Rocana, or Room of Light, by Unsuk Chin.
- Jeffrey Mumford’s An evolving romance for flute & piano.
- Pianist Liza Stepanova performs music by Kamran Ince.
Recent Shows
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).
