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Modern Notebook for October 3, 2021

Photo: Composer and vocalist Pamela Z (Photo credit: rubra – courtesy of Ars Electronica)

On this week’s Modern Notebook Tyler Kline shares Kaija Saariaho’s Cloud Trio, as well as music by James Lee III performed by cellist Inbal Segev.


And a piece for voice, electronics, and string quartet by Pamela Z called the Unraveling which takes inspiration from the composer’s busking days, the music of Joni Mitchell, and more.


Plus: music by Beata Moon, Caroline Shaw, Danielle Eva Schwob, and others; and performances by PRISM Quartet, yMusic, violinist Benjamin Sung with pianist Jihye Chang, Apollo Chamber Players, and more.



That’s all coming up on the next Modern Notebook, Sunday night from 8 to 10 on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9.


Hour 1

  • Illusions by Beata Moon.
  • Kaija Saariaho’s Cloud Trio.
  • Ekah by James Lee III.
  • Andrew Staniland’s Phi, Caelestis.

Hour 2

  • Motion Lines by Joseph Sowa.
  • Caroline Shaw’s Draft of a High-Rise.
  • fragments by Derek Johnson.
  • Pamela Z’s The Unraveling – 20×2020 No. 16.
  • Reflections on Lucian Freud by Danielle Eva Schwob.

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