On the next Modern Notebook: Helen Grime’s “A Cold Spring” is a three movement work that covers a lot of territory: it opens with exuberant and fast-moving music, followed by a nocturnal mini concerto for solo horn, and finally an energetic finale contrasting solos and duets within the ensemble. 

Then, “Don’t Beat a Word,” is “not a breakup song,” says composer Nina Shekhar. What it is, though, is sonically and personally influenced by her experience as a first-generation Indian-American, blending together Bollywood melodies and the sound of American pop.

Also featuring music by Kitty Xiao, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Egidija Medekšaitė, Phonodelica, Sophia Jani, Kotoka Suzuki, Nina C. Young, and others; and performances by Nimbus Trio, Cobalt Duo, PRISM Quartet, cellist Matt Haimovitz, pianist Eunbi Kim, Khemia Ensemble, violinist Jennifer Koh, and more.