Hour 1
- Burn as Brightly by Gala Flagello.
- Carme Rodriguez’s Alalá das Paisaxes Verticais.
- Shades by Daijana Wallace.
- Dai Wei’s Honeycomb.
- Folios by Toru Takemitsu.
- Nicole Chamberlain’s Atalanta.
- Frontlash by Nickitas Demos.
Modern Notebook for October 20 - 26, 2024
Photo: composer Dai Wei (photo credit: Micah Gleason)
On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Dai Wei’s piece “Honeycomb” is music born out of her own observations of a beehive outside her bedroom window. Stuck inside during the COVID-19 lockdowns, she would watch bees come and go, and later learned how bees passed nectar to one another to form a honeycomb–and this natural process went on to inspire the construction of this piece.
Then: hear music by Akshaya Avril Tucker for trumpet and saxophone, and a piece by Sean William Calhoun called “Plasmonic Mirror.” And a guitar quartet by João Luiz titled “Three Brazilian Pieces,” which serves as a musical portrait of three forms of expression from his native country.
Featuring works by Gala Flagello, Carme Rodriguez, Toru Takemitsu, Daijana Wallace, Nicole Chamberlain, Matana Roberts, Brendon Randall-Myers, and others; and performances by Talla Rouge, pianist Isabel Dobarro, cellist Kivie Cahn-Lipman, UNC Greensboro Casella Sinfonietta, The Merian Ensemble, Unheard-of//Ensemble, trumpeter Kenken Gorder with saxophonist Marina Sakellakis, New York Guitar Quartet, flutist Laura Lentz, and more.
Hour 2
- borderlands… by Matana Roberts.
- Akshaya Avril Tucker’s frog friends.
- Three Brazilian Pieces by Joao Luiz.
- Sean William Calhoun’s Plasmonic Mirror.
- Cascade by Brendon Randall-Myers.
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).
