#2510: The Modern Medieval

Listen to some new music that looks back – way back – on this New Sounds program. There’s “Proverb,” Steve Reich’s take on medieval French counterpoint, along with music from the medieval-looking Estonian Arvo Pärt. We’ll also hear a Requiem from Alfred Schnittke, the Soviet Union-born German-Jewish composer who brings together in his music several unlikely combinations of styles: Romantic, Classical, Baroque, modernist, and medieval. Plus, listen to highlights from Richard Einhorn’s oratorio, Voices of Light, written to accompany the Passion of Joan of Arc (the 1928 Carl Dreyer silent film.) Einhorn’s score pivots between Joan's time and now, using an authentic-sounding medieval style that develops into what NY Times writer Allan Kozinn calls a “post-Minimalist combination of repeating figures and lush neo-Romantic orchestration.”

PROGRAM # 2510, Medieval Meets Modern (First aired on Mon., 2/13/06)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Hilliard Ensemble	Perotin & the Ars Antiqua	Viderunt Omnes, excerpt [1:30]	Hilliard Live, Vol. 1 Hilliard limited CDs are available only from the Ensemble directly: www.hilliardensemble.demon.co.uk
Richard Einhorn	Voices of Light	Torture [5:30] Jailers [3:00] Sacrament [5:00]	Sony Classical #62006 ** www.sonyclassical.com
Steve Reich	Proverb/Nagoya Marimbas/ City Life	Proverb [14:00]	Nonesuch #79430 ** www.nonesuch.com*
Alfred Schnittke	Requiem	Sanctus [3:30] Hostias [1:00] Agnus Dei [2:30] Requiem (4:00)	Classico - Qualiton / The Orchard (downloadable from Emusic.com)
Arvo Pärt	Kanon Pokajanen	Kondakion [2:30] Ikos [3:00]	ECM #1654/55** www.ecmrecords.com