On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline, tune in for a work by Kerry Politzer for solo piano titled “Microclimates,” and a buzzing work by Arlene Sierra inspired by bees and a busy bee hive. And this piece by Britta Bystöm, “Images from the Floating World,” inspired by the Icelandic story known as Njals Saga.
Then: Plant life germinating and flourishing; the rapid development of human activity; and the harmonious coexistence of all living things. This is the subject matter of Yue Song’s work “Senses IV:” the relationship between humans and the natural environment. It is an incredible work where chaos has its own order, and musical gestures float freely in a carefully constructed sound world.
Also featuring music by Molly Herron, Beth Wiemann, Allison Loggins-Hull, Thanya Iyer, Misato Mochizuki, Sophia Jani, Claire Victoria, and others; and performances by pianist Andree-Ann Deschenes, Byrne:Kozar Duo, cellist Amanda Gookin, cellist India Gailey, pianist Ning Yu, Crash Ensemble, Kontai Ensemble, and more.
Tune in Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 1 Molly Herron’s After Picforth. Microclimates by Kerry Politzer. Britta Byström’s Images from the Floating World. It Floats Away From You by Beth Wiemann. Allison Loggins-Hull’s Stolen. Colmena by Arlene Sierra. | 
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Hour 2 Where I can be as big as the Sun by Thanya Iyer. Misato Mochizuki’s Moebius-Ring. Senses IV by Yue Song. Sophia Jani’s STring Quartet No. 1 “See the grass is full of stars.” The Moon is Distant from the Sea by Claire Victoria Roberts. | 
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