Modern Notebook for October 27 - November 2, 2024

Photo credit: Freya Waley-Cohen (photo credit: William Marsey).

On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline, tune in for a special lineup of pieces chosen just in time for Halloween! We’ll be getting spooky, with music about ghosts and ghost stories, pieces that will cast a spell on you, and selections that draw inspiration from horror genres.


Featuring music by Chris Opperman, Sarah Wallin Huff, Freya Waley-Cohen, Mat Campbell, Clarice Assad, Tyondai Braxton, Li Qi, Colin I. Nossek, Nicole Lizée, and others; and performances by violinist Patrick Yim, RAHA Duo, The Merian Ensemble, Metropolis Ensemble with Brooklyn Youth Chorus and The Crossing, Byrne:Kozar Duo, Duo Entre-Nous, cellist India Gailey, and more.



Hour 1

  • Gentle Ghosts of the Past by Chris Opperman.
  • Michael-Thomas Foumai’s Relics: No. 1 - Beastly Treasures (Gold Mythical Beast).
  • The Dark Glass Sinfonia (We See Through a Glass Darkly) by Sarah Wallin Huff.
  • Freya Waley-Cohen’s Conjure.
  • Nightmare Fuel by Mat Campbell.
  • Curtis Hughes’ Department of Levitation Studies.
  • The Book of Spells by Clarice Assad.

Hour 2

  • Overgrowth from Telekinesis by Tyondai Braxton.
  • Li Qi’s Lonely Grave.
  • I think this is a ghost story by Colin I. Nossek.
  • Nicole Lizée’s Grotesquerie.
  • Chant des Voyelles (Incantation of Vowels) by Žibuoklė Martinaityté.

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