Living Classical with Tyler Kline for July 26-August 1, 2026

On this edition of Living Classical with Tyler Kline: The clarinet was where David Maslanka's musical journey began – and by the time he wrote his Clarinet Concerto, it had become a voice through which his music could speak freely. The piece moves between two masks: a "Lamentation" turned deeply inward, and a "Dance" that leaps forward into a new world.

Then: We came from the ocean, John Luther Adams reminds us, and we may be returning to it – through melting ice caps and rising seas – sooner than we imagine. His Become Ocean, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize, expands a single oceanic sound world across a vast time frame, music about being part of something far larger than ourselves.

Plus, pieces by Euchar Gravina, Unsuk Chin, Jessica Meyer, Autumn Maria Reed, and Shawn Kirchner.

Featuring performances by violinist Stefan Calleja with London Symphony Orchestra; clarinetist Peter Cigleris with Györ Symphonic Band; violinists Anne-Sophie Mutter and Nancy Zhou; pianist Nathan Salazar with Santa Fe Desert Chorale; fivebyfive; Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra; and Seattle Symphony Orchestra.

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

Hour 1

• aria by Euchar Gravina

• David Maslanka’s Clarinet Concerto

• Gran Cadenza by Unsuk Chin

• Jessica Meyer’s In the Path of Totality

Hour 2

• The Origin Story from Autumn Maria Reed’s Mental Health Suite

• Sweet Rivers by Shawn Kirchner

• John Luther Adams’ Become Ocean