On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: There’s an old Japanese tale about friendship and loss called Hanasaka Jiisan, which tells the story of an old man who lives with his best friend, a dog that possesses a magical power to find hidden treasure. Tune in for music for oboe, bassoon, and piano by Sato Matsui inspired by this tale.
Then: it’s music that serves as a reminder of hope and that times move fast, with a piece by Sarah Lianne Lewis called “Letting the Light In.” It’s a work inspired by her experience of becoming a new mother… watching rays of morning light emerge from the inky darkness of nighttime.
Plus, pieces by Kate Neal, Jessie Montgomery, Mary Kouyoumdjian, Hanna Benn, Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, Magnus Lindberg, and others; and performances by Lyrebird Brass, Apollo Chamber Players, oboist Lucian Avalon with bassoonist Cornelia Sommer and pianist Hilda Huang, pianist Siwan Rhys, violinist Miranda Cuckson, and more.
Listen Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Streaming at wsmr.org.
Hour 1 Fanfare by Kate Neal. Jessie Montgomery’s Voodoo Dolls. Sato Matsui’s Hanasaka Jiisan. A Boy and a Makeshift Toy by Mary Kouyoumdjian. Joel Love’s Éléments. exhalation by Hanna Benn. | 
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Hour 2 Harmonics from Twelve Etudes for Extended Piano by Ge Gan-Ru. Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon’s Niño polilla. letting the light in by Sarah Lianne Lewis. Magnus Lindberg’s Serenades. an expanding distance of multiple voices by Jeffrey Mumford. | 
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