On this week’s Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Perforation, by Alex Burtzos, is an exploration of grief, presented in a deliberately stripped-down, bare sonic environment. In this solo piano work, the composers leverage pulse, repetition, and silence to respond to the raw and direct emotionality of words by poet Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz.
Then: There is a Buddhist concept that says, “if we fully accept that nothing lasts, then we may take a step - by letting go - towards finding tranquillity.” Composer Michael Zev Gordon likes this sentiment - but, in contrast, he also acknowledges his connection to things: remembered, passing, desired.
Also featuring music by Kari Baek, Pedro Giraudo, Gabriel Vicéns, Shuying Li, Rhona Clarke, Sun Keting, Shang Mi Ahn, and Dai Fujikura; and performances by Nordic Viola, Sybarite5, pianist Anne H. Goldberg-Baldwin, Four Corners Ensemble, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble, saxophonist Heidi Radtke, marimba soloist Eriko Daimo, and more.
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Hour 1 Var Trio by Kari Baek. Pedro Giraudo’s Con Un Nudo En La Garganta. Perforations by Alex Burtzos. Gabriel Vicéns’ Sueños Ligados. The Peace House by Shuying Li. Rhona Clarke’s Non-Stop. Thronged Only with Flowers by Sun Keting. | 
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Hour 2 Sang Mi Ahn’s Convergence. The Impermanence of Things by Michael Zev Gordon. Dai Fujikura’s Repetition/Recollection. | 
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