Hour 1
- Nocturne by Kaija Saariaho.
- J. Kimo Williams’ With Malice Towards None.
- Insomnia by Esa Pekka-Salonen.
- Emily Koh’s Memento Mori.
Modern Notebook for October 31, 2021
Photo: Composer Julia Wolfe (Photo credit: Peter Serling)
On the next Modern Notebook: music by J. Kimo Williams for electric violin and string quartet titled “With Malice Towards None,” and Julia Wolfe’s large scale work “Fire in My Mouth.”
Plus: it’s Halloween, so tune in for a few dark – and even ghastly – selections, like Esa Pekka-Salonen’s Insomnia, and “The Owl and the Wren,” from Kate Soper’s Voices from the Killing Jar.
Also featuring music by Kaija Saariaho, Emily Koh, and Steven Mackey; and performances by violinist Tracy Silverman with the Apollo Chamber Players, McCormick Percussion Group, Wet Ink Ensemble, and more.
Join Tyler Kline for that and more on this week’s Modern Notebook: Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 2
- Speak Like the People, Write Like the King from Steven Mackey’s Ars Moriendi.
- The Owl and the Wren – Lady MacDuff from Kate Soper’s Voices from the Killing Jar.
- Julia Wolfe’s Fire in my Mouth.
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).
