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Modern Notebook for April 18, 2021

Photo: Composer Kevin Lau (Photo courtesy of the artist)

On the next Modern Notebook: Tyler Kline shares one of the movements from Shawn Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches. Also, music by Patricia Brennan and Keith Kirchoff featuring keyboard percussion…. And an orchestral work by Kevin Lau composed for ballet titled Dark Angels, which was inspired in-part by the industrial rock music of Nine Inch Nails.


Plus: music by Dai Fujikura, Errollyn Wallen, Edie Hill, Keith Kirchoff, Victoria Cheah, and others; and performances by baritone Will Liverman, pianist Ann DuHamel, Transient Canvas, PRISM Quartet, Admiral Launch Duo, and more.



That’s Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.


Hour 1

  • Returning by Dai Fujikura.
  • The Rain from Shawn Okpebholo’s Two Black Churches.
  • Errollyn Wallen’s Hunger.
  • Ruckblick by Edie Hill.
  • Keith Kirchoff’s Monochrome.

Hour 2

  • Point of No Return by Patricia Brennan.
  • Caroline Shaw’s in manus tuas.
  • Tell (Quartet) by Victoria Cheah.
  • Kevin Lau’s Dark Angels.
  • starshine & moonfall by Natalie Moller.

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