Modern Notebook for December 5, 2021

Photo: Composer Vivian Fung (Photo credit: Genevieve Caron)

On the next Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline explores some dream-like music, including Nico Muhly’s “Seeing is Believing,” which the composer describes as drawing upon the exciting and superstitious practice of observing and mapping the sky.


And “Dreamscapes,” the piano concerto by Vivian Fung, which fuses elements of Balinese gamelan music with extended techniques on the piano.


Also featuring music by Brendon Randall-Myers, Jay Batzner, Viet Cuong, Errollyn Wallen, and others; and performances by pianist Miki Sawada, flutist Tammy Evans Yonce, cellist Inbal Segev, pianist Conor Hanick with the Metropolis Ensemble, and more.



That and more on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.


Hour 1

  • Mirror  by Brendon Randall-Myers.
  • David Ludwig’s Seasons Lost.
  • Dreams Grow Like Slow Ice by Jay Batzner.
  • Vivian Fung’s Piano Concerto “Dreamscapes.“

Hour 2

  • Room to Move by Viet Cuong.
  • Errollyn Wallen’s Concerto Grosso.
  • Birds in warped time II by Somei Satoh.
  • Nico Muhly’s Seeing is Believing.

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