Proverb - Steve Reich

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From Joel Chapman's recital, "What is This, Mozart?"
Senior Conducting Recital on May 09, 2014. Memorial Church, Stanford University.
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FROM THE PROGRAM NOTES
Steve Reich's "Proverb" takes one sentence by Ludwig Wittgenstein, “How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!,” and stretches it across five voices and fifteen minutes. For the duration of the piece, three sopranos present the text in a unison canon, with the singers singing the same line at different times. In other words, it’s exactly like Row, Row, Row Your Boat. The boat is hit by Class-5 rapids, but the principle is the same. Further, Reich uses the method of augmentation throughout the work. He stretches Wittgenstein’s text into longer and longer phrases, so that as the music progresses, each word in the phrase is held for more time. It is as if we are zooming into the text to examine it in finer and finer detail. At a certain point, the tenors take the vowels the sopranos sing and vocalize on them in lines inspired by the organum of Pérotin and other 12th-13th century composers associated with Notre Dame de Paris. Proverb is a mesmerizing work that is both meditative and exhilarating. With machine-like rhythm that bounces between metric groupings of five, seven, six, and two, the piece shows the beauty of nonstop, metronomic music and how captivating one small thought can be.
Victoria Chang, Kimberly Johnson, Frances Molyneaux, soprano
Ben Laboy, Will Watson, tenor
Alec Arceneaux, vibraphone
Mark O'Meara, electric vibraphone
Adam Detzner, Eric Tuan, electric organ
Joel Chapman, conductor

[@claidler]

Spectacular. The room itself does wonders to this performance.

[@joelchapmanmusic]

I agree, it's a remarkable space. Thanks for listening!

[@mistinguett0666]

merci le cours de musique

[@andrewforsyth1842]

This is one of my favorite performances ever. I just get lost in it!

[@joelchapmanmusic]

Andrew Forsyth #meditation

[@mehproduction]

Nice interpretation. Félicitation ! Congrats !

[@joelchapmanmusic]

meh! productions Thank you very much!

[@douglaslee7873]

Fabulous!

[@marielehir9114]

Quelle merveille de créativité ! BRAVO

[@RonIrelandMusic]

Bravo!

[@PlusDeltaM]

Brilliant.

[@joelchapmanmusic]

Thank you so much. :-)

I love this clap at the end xD

[@bennyboy5557]

This is so well done. I don't know how I didn't see this until today. Nice work Joel!

[@outlinedraft]

This is great!

[@joelchapmanmusic]

Thanks for watching. :)

[@youfilin]

Reich knew something about programming! That's too tough to do it live!

[@mehmetakdogan1]

How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life?

[@tubegucker1]

awesome !

[@joelchapmanmusic]

Thanks Bastian!

[@bandedefous99]

Dommage que ce ne sont pas des vibraphones. Bravo pour la performance!

[@joelchapmanmusic]

+Karl Létourneau Merci! There is actually one vibraphone used - the other is a patch on a keyboard.

[@leperlord7078]

Is this recording available for sale or and in lossless ?

[@wormswithteeth]

Where are the vibes too?

[@joelchapmanmusic]

The two vibes players are on the right. Unfortunately one of my vibes had to drop last minute and my replacement played the vibes part on a keyboard patch. Not a perfect sound, but not bad!