Modern Notebook for February 28, 2021

Photo: Composer Julius Eastman (Photo credit: Ron Hammond).

On this week’s Modern Notebook, Tyler Kline shares a concerto for guitar and percussion ensemble by Baljinder Sekhon, along with solo piano music by Tania Léon. Plus, a piece titled “Joy Boy,” by Julius Eastman, who was among the first composers to combine minimalist processes with elements of pop music.


Featuring music by Ashley Stanley, Jeffrey Mumford, Chen Yi, Gabriela Lena Frank, and others; and performances by Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble, cellist Julia Bruskin, guitarist Dieter Hennings with the McCormick Percussion Group, InfraSound, and more.



Tune in, Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.


Hour 1

  • Night Sketches by Ashley Stanley.
  • Jeffrey Mumford’s to find in the glimmering air… a buoyant continuity of layering blue.
  • Musica Casera by Baljinder Sekhon.
  • Tania Léon’s Momentum.
  • Chen Yi’s Symphony No. 2.

Hour 2

  • Danish String Quartet performs one of their arrangements of traditional Scandanavian folk music.
  • China Gates by John Adams.
  • Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy.
  • Fantasy-Quartet by Ingrid Arauco.
  • Gabriela Lena Frank’s Suenos de Chambi.

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