Modern Notebook for April 24, 2022

Photo: Composer Martha Redbone (Photo credit: SRO Artists/Blackfeet Productions LLC)

On the next Modern Notebook, music by Nina Shekhar for solo cello titled “A negative space,” along with Kurt Rohde’s “Water Lilies I” for soprano and electronics. Plus, Martha Redbone’s “Black Mountain Calling,” which highlights elements of traditional indigenous sonic landscapes and the multicultural evolution of folk music that comes from the hills and hollows of Appalachia.


Also featuring music by Kitty Xiao, David Lang, Chris Rogerson, Qasim Naqvi, Jenny Olivia Johnson, and others; and performances by Nimbus Trio, soprano Stephanie Lamprea, McGill/McHale Trio, violinist Jennifer Koh, Wild Rumpus, and more.


Join Tyler Kline for 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

  • Interlude 4 by Molly Herron.
  • Jessie Montgomery’s Source Code.
  • Nimbus by Kitty Xiao.
  • David Lang’s super chill.
  • White Pieces by Libby Larsen.
  • Chris Rogerson’s A Fish Will Rise.
  • A negative space by Nina Shekhar.


Hour 2

  • Water Lilies I by Kurt Rohde.
  • Martha Redbone’s Black Mountain Calling.
  • The Banquet by Qasim Naqvi.
  • Jenny Olivia Johnson’s Reflect Reflect Respond Respond (Echo and Narcissus in Reverse).
  • Sophia’s Wide Awake Dream by Lembit Beecher.


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