Julius Eastman: The Holy Presence
Program
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GRAMMY-nominated orchestral collective Wild Up and GRAMMY-nominated cellist, scholar, and Wild Up member Seth Parker Woods present an evening of works by maverick composer Julius Eastman.
Woods performs The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc — a live performance of one of the ten cello parts of the piece atop his recording of the other nine parts. This work is accompanied by Eastman’s seminal works Prelude to The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc, and followed by a new transcription of That Boy by Seth Parker Woods, composed by Eastman in 1973, with oboe, percussion, voice, and clarinet.
About To the Fullest
The music of legendary collaborators Julius Eastman and Arthur Russell is singular and boundless. These are expansive, quintessentially queer pieces in which every moment is full of choice. Their profound and personal sounds demand that performers become unabashedly themselves, merging and getting lost in the notes and rhythms, finding themselves again and again, and emerging whole and newly committed to self. This intrapersonal endeavoring is matched externally with musical structures that create profound belonging within a group.
This project represents a landmark collaboration between LA Phil Insight, REDCAT, and Wild Up uplifting the legacies of these maverick artists.