Focused Encounters with Recent Music: Kate Soper’s ‘IPSA DIXIT’

An excerpt of a recent work by Kate Soper was performed by the Wet Ink Ensemble as part of a special concert that featured a performance of the music followed by a discussion with the composer and performing artists involved. Wet Ink performed segments of Soper’s “IPSA DIXIT,” a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2017. The concert was part of an inaugural set of “Piece Offerings: Focused Encounters with Recent Music,” along with a work by Roger Reynolds.
Following the performance by Wet Ink, the musicians had an onstage discussion with David Plylar of the Music Division. Hear the full version of the concert that focused on Kate Soper’s music for a limited time.
Program:
[0:34] Kate Soper Excerpts from IPSA DIXIT
[:34] I. Poetics
[15:22] II. Only the Words Themselves Mean What They Say (excerpts)
[19:56] III. Rhetoric
[36:17] Discussion
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