Hour 1
- Great White Bird by Hilary Kleinig.
- Shuying Li’s The Dryad.
- Rites for the Afterlife by Stacy Garrop.
- Anthony Davis’s Middle Passage.
- Sun Propeller by Nina C. Young.
Modern Notebook for October 24, 2021
Photo: Composer Chen Yi (Photo Credit Beijing Kuandi)
On this week’s Modern Notebook Tyler Kline shares a work by Stacy Garrop for wind quintet titled “Rites for the Afterlife.” Also, pianist Stewart Goodyear performs music by Anthony Davis.
And the Symphony No. 2 by Chen Yi, which draws on aspects unique to Beijing opera.
Plus: works by Shuying Li, Nina C. Young, Edward Hamel, Yevgeniy Sharlat, and others; and performances by Akropolis Reed Quintet, Four Corners Ensemble, violinist Jennifer Koh, cellist Seth Parker Woods, and more.
That’s on 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
- Gray Neon Life by Edward Hamel.
- Yevgeniy Sharlat’s Spare the Rod!
- Passing Ships by Jay Vosk.
- Chen Yi’s Symphony No. 2.
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Photo: composer Aart Strootman (photo courtesy of the composer's website).
Photo: composer and cellist Andrea Casarrubios (photo credit: Titilayo Ayangade).
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Photo: composer Daniel Thomas Davis (photo credit: Melissa Rivard).
