Hour 1
- Joy Ride from Jennifer Higdon’s Harp Concerto.
- Karen Tanaka’s Children of Light, No. 5.
- Fine Tune by David Bennett Thomas.
- Daniel Kidane’s Dream Song.
- Riverrun by Toru Takemitsu.
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Modern Notebook for May 2, 2021
Photo: Composer Daniel Kidane (Photo credit: Kaupo Kikkas)
On this week’s Modern Notebook, hear music for bass clarinet and percussion ensemble by David Bennet Thomas featuring Sarasota Orchestra musician and USF Faculty member Calvin Falwell.
Plus, a work for baritone voice and orchestra by Daniel Kidane titled “Dream Song,” which sets text from Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Also on the show: music by Karen Tanaka, Toru Takemitsu, Anthony Joseph Lanman, Anne Victorino d’Almeida, Nokuthula Ngwenyama, and others; and performances by pianist Becky Billock, harpist Yolanda Kondonassis, the McCormick Percussion Group, pianist Holly Roadfeldt, euphoniumist Demondrae Thurman, and more.
Join Tyler Kline for the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.
Hour 2
- Hommage a Hildegard of Bingen by Anthony Joseph Lanman
- Kaija Saariaho’s Light and Matter.
- Insinuações by Anne Victorino d’Almeida.
- Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Sonoran Storm.
- Step Team by Nico Muhly.
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