Tonight on Contemporary Classics I a talking with composer David Lang and vocalist Theo Bleckmann who with the Attacca Quartet has brought to us a new album “note to a friend”. This album is a series of songs created from the letter written by short story author Ryunosuke Akutagawa to a fellow writer, announcing his intention to take his own life. The work is a stunning and haunting monodrama that addresses our eternal human fascinations with love, death, family, and the phantoms of our daily existence. This album was released in February on Cantaloupe Music.
- 8:00pm Contemporary Classics Introduction by Kirsten Volness: Nocturne on Pre-recorded (Pre-recorded)
- 8:00pm Contemporary Classics August 4, 2026 David Lang and Theo Bleckmann Part 1 by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann on Contemporary Classics
- 8:02pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:19pm David Lang: prelude by Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 8:21pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:26pm David Lang: people who kill themselves by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 8:32pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:33pm Contemporary Classics by Mid Hour break on pre-loaded (pre-loaded)
- 8:36pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:44pm David Lang: my mother had lost her mind by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 8:49pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 8:52pm David Lang: I had a sister by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 8:59pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:00pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:00pm Contemporary Classics August 4, 2026 David Lang and Theo Bleckmann Part 2 by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann on Contemporary Classics
- 9:02pm David Lang: amen by Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:04pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:06pm David Lang: my father ran a store by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:11pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:16pm David Lang: my mother, my sister, my father by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:21pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:27pm David Lang: I wanted to die by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:37pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:37pm Contemporary Classics by Mid Hour break on pre-loaded (pre-loaded)
- 9:40pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:49pm David Lang: long silence by Theo Bleckmann, voice and Attacca Quartet on note to a friend (Cantaloupe Music)
- 9:55pm Conversation with David Lang and Theo Bleckmann by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann with Dave Lake on live (live)
- 9:59pm Contemporary Classics August 4, 2026 David Lang and Theo Bleckmann Part 2 by David Lang and Theo Bleckmann on Contemporary Classics
