This week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline is a special mix of new works for the holiday season, including three new carols by Reena Esmail titled “A Winter Breviary;” Dai Fujikura’s “Ghost of Christmas,” inspired by his own memories of Christmastime; and new string quartet music by Caroline Shaw, “The Evergreen.”
Then, it’s music inspired by peace, light, and the Advent: we’ll hear A Little Suite for Christmas by George Crumb; Owain Park’s setting of O Magnum Mysterium; and a vocal work by Sungji Hong, “Missa Lumen de Lumine,” or “Light from Light Mass.”
Also featuring music by Rasa Daukus, Melissa Dunphy, Errollyn Wallen, Nils Frahm, and others; and performances by Tess Said So, the Gesauldo Six, Attica Quartet, Gjermund Larsen Trio, Tenebrae, Trio Medieval, and more.
Tune in on Christmas night: Sunday from 8 to 10 ET on WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 1 I wonder as I wander from Luciano Berio’s Folk Songs. Taiga by Rasa Daukus. Reena Esmail’s A Winter Breviary. The Evergreen by Caroline Shaw. Thomas Beck’s Sæle jolekveld (Holy Christmas Eve). Ghost of Christmas by Dai Fujikura. Melissa Dunphy's Halcyon Days. | 
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Hour 2 Peace on Earth by Errollyn Wallen. Selections from George Crumb’s A Little Suite for Christmas. O Magnum Mysterium by Owain Park. Sungji Hong’s Missa Lumen de Lumine. Merry by Nils Frahm. | 
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