Living Classical with Tyler Kline for April 19-25, 2026

On this edition of Living Classical with Tyler Kline: What happens when a composer working primarily with electronics takes something electronic and makes it acoustic? Alex Dowling's Inner Orbits reimagines melodies and ideas from a previous electroacoustic work for string quartet—a compositional move from electronic to acoustic forces that he describes as refreshing, the constraints guiding him toward new ways of thinking.

Then: The 1996 eruption under Iceland's Vatnajökull glacier inspired Veronique Vaka to write Erda, tracing the geologic narrative of those events and their impact. She notes that glaciers are simultaneously timeless and ephemeral—inscribing the prehistoric past but threatening to vanish as the planet changes, bridging deep time and human time.

Featuring music by Kevin Lau, Melaine Dalibert, Nathan Hudson, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Thomas Adès, Viet Cuong, Christopher Cerrone, Coral Douglas, and Laura Hyland.

And performances by Cecilia Kang, clarinet; Angela Park, piano; Melaine Dalibert, piano; Friction Quartet; Andy Hudson, clarinet; Matt Haimovitz, cello; Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin with London Symphony Orchestra; Maiani Da Silva, violin and voice; Vicky Chow, piano; Jeff Svatek, electronics; Niklas Walentin, violin; Stéphane Tran Ngoc, violin with Danish Chamber Players; Unheard-of//Ensemble; and Crash Ensemble.

Join Tyler Kline for this edition of Living Classical — exploring the full spectrum of classical music being made today.

Hour 1

• Cradle by Kevin Lau

• Melaine Dalibert’s Yang

• Inner Orbits by Alex Dowling

• Nathan Hudson’s They will know who I am by the way I spit these words

• Cyclical Rabbits by Niloufar Nourbakhsh

• Thomas Adés’ Air – Homage to Sibelius

Hour 2

• Traveler by Viet Cuong

• Christopher Cerrone’s Hoyt-Schererhorn

• Erda: Concerto for two violins and ensemble by Veronique Vaka

• Coral Douglas’ on the sweet ephemerality of meaning

• Sleep Piece (for Julia) by Laura Hyland