Roman ALAN<p>Jukebox Friday Night for 11 July 2025 is working with "Simplicity": simple tunes (structure, pared-back performances) and simple topics.This early polyphonic music with its deceptive simplicity directly influenced some 20th century music, like this piece –</p><p>Steve Reich, "Proverb" (1995; 14:09)</p><p>This takes a 1946 text by Ludwig Wittgenstein, "How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life!" and develops a polyphonic concept similar to those of 12th-13th century composer Pérotin, using mixed time signatures. Simple, yet complex …</p><p>Performed by Theater of Voices with members of The Steve Reich Ensemble, Paul Hillier conducting, in June 1996.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeOs0r_5Xbw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ZeOs0r_5Xb</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/JukeboxFridayNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JukeboxFridayNight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/Simplicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Simplicity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/ContemporaryClassical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContemporaryClassical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/SteveReich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SteveReich</span></a></p>