Modern Notebook for September 19, 2021

Photo: Composer Danielle Eva Schwob (Photo credit: Shervin Lainez)

On the next Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares music by Marc Chan performed by pianist Ann DuHamel that transforms waltzes by Brahms into ragtime.


And a string quartet piece by Danielle Eva Schwob titled “Out of the Tunnel,” which she says is inspired by chapters of personal transformation and by nature’s guiding light.


Plus: works by Molly Herron, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Errollyn Wallen, Bosba Panh, and others; and performances by PUBLIQuartet, guitarist Jamie Monck, Science Ficta, mezzo soprano Jamie van Eyck with members of the JACK Quartet, 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 1

  • Roll by Molly Herron.
  • Danielle Eva Schwob’s Out of the Tunnel.
  • Portraits of Forest by Toshi Ichiyanagi.
  • Errollyn Wallen’s Hunger.

Hour 2

  • Dizzy Night by Bosba Panh.
  • Laura Elise Schwendinger’s Sudden Light.
  • Dr. Brahms’ Book of Rags by Marc Chan.

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