Westminster Concert Series - Sacred Minimalism: The Music of Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, Pérotin, Julius Eastman and Hernando Franco

Sacred Minimalism: Music by Steve Reich, Hernando Franco, Julius Eastman and Pérotin
October 30, 2023 7:30pm Vieve Gore Concert Hall

“How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life…” This text by philosopher Ludwig Wichtenstein  provides the foundation for the minimalist masterpiece Proverb by American composer Steve Reich. Reich borrows compositional ideas found in medieval French polyphonic music, by the 12th-century composer Pérotin. Celebrating this contrapuntal connection across the centuries will be sacred vocal music by Guatemalan Renaissance composer Hernando Franco along with Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy and Reich’s riveting Clapping Music and Nagoya Marimbas.

Musicians:
Keith Carrick, percussion
Julia Gershkoff, soprano
Eric Hopkins, percussion
Kimi Kawashima, organ
Hilary Koolhoven, soprano
Haruhito Miyagi, organ
Emily Nelson, soprano
Logan Bradford, tenor
Chris LeCluyse, tenor
Westminster Singers, Jane Fjeldsted, Director

Program:
Viderunt omnes  Pérotin (1160-1230)
Nagoya Marimbas (1994) Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Salve regina Hernando Franco (1532-1585)
Joy Boy (1974) Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Clapping Music Steve Reich
Trivium Arvo Pärt (b. 1935)
Proverb Steve Reich