On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: we continue our series of programs inspired by the Winter Season with music draws on stars and the night sky. Hear “A Very Star-Like Start” by John Liberatore, and more music about stars by Jessie Montgomery, Chris Opperman, David Fulmer, and others. And, it’s music of the night by Golfam Khayam, with the “Night Triptych” for two guitars, and new music from Caterina Schembri titled “I wake up in the night when I dream in black and white.”
Also featuring music by Natalie Moller, Derek Bermel, Clarice Assad, Reena Esmail, Juhi Bansal, Sophia Jani, and Emma O’Halloran. And performances by clarinetist Jessica Pollack with pianist Galen Dean Peiskee, Jr., vocalist Michelle O’Rourke with Ficino Ensemble, The Knights, violinist Harumi Rhodes, Gesualdo Six, soprano Laura Strickling with pianist Daniel Schlosberg, Kontai Ensemble, harpist Parker Ramsay, and others.
Tune in Sunday night from 8 to 10 ET on Classical WSMR 89.1 and 103.9. Listen online at wsmr.org.
Hour 1 starshine & moonfall by Natalie Moller. John Liberatore’s A Very Star-Like Start. SchiZm: Field of Stars by Derek Bermel. Caterina Schembri’s I wake up in the night when I dream in black and white. Starburst by Jessie Montgomery. Clarice Assad’s Constellation. A Winter Breviary by Reena Esmail. Chris Opperman’s Underneath the Starlit Skies. | 
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Hour 2 Not Quite Stars by Juhi Bansal. Golfam Khayam’s Night Triptych. String Quartet No. 1: “See the grass is full of stars” by Sophia Jani. David Fulmer’s immaculate sigh of stars… Constellations by Emma O’Halloran. | 
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