Modern Notebook for October 17, 2021

Photo: Composer Jeff Scott (Photo courtesy of the artist)

On Modern Notebook this week, Tyler Kline shares music by Douglas J. Cuomo for electric guitar and string quartet from a piece titled “Seven Limbs.” Plus, music for wind quintet by Jeff Scott called “Homage to Paradise Valley,” which is a suite composed to honor the history of Detroit’s historic neighborhoods: Black Bottom and Paradise Valley.


Featuring works by Bosba Panh, Danielle Eva Schwob, Darian Donovan Thomas, Sophia Bass, and others; and performances by guitarist Jamie Monck, guitarist Nels Cline with Aizuri Quartet, pianist Robert Fleitz, cellist Inbal Segev with tanpura soloist Mari Tanaka and tabla soloist Vivek Pandya, Akropolis Reed Quintet, 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

  • Introit by Bosba Panh.
  • Danielle Eva Schwob’s Reflections on Francis Bacon.
  • Hilos (Threads) by Gabriela Lena Frank.
  • Douglas J. Cuomo’s Dedication from Seven Limbs.

Hour 2

  • Etudinal Caprice by Darian Donovan Thomas.
  • Sophia Bass’s Taal-Naad Naman.
  • Dream Machine by Charles Daniels.
  • Jeff Scott’s Homage to Paradise Valley.
  • starshine & moonfall by Natalie Moller.

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