> -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 December 2006 18:47 > To: 313@hyperreal.org > Subject: (313) Steve Reich > > Anyone see the South Bank show on him last night? Excellent > stuff and he's not a bit like I thought he would be, search it out... > Some of his work... > http://www.google.com/musica?aid=CKrKBMhm6SH&sa=X&oi=music&ct=result
Yeah, it was good! I was lucky enough to see the show with the premiere of Daniel Variations plus Music for 18 Musicians at the Barbican a few months ago. The latter was fantastic. Even though I've heard it literally hundreds of times in its entirety it was on a totally different level hearing and watching it performed live. I believe the clips of it on the South Boank Show last night were from the rhearsals for that performance. Can't recommend it higher. I also got a five-disk box set of his work when I was at the show, and I have to see that the "Music For"... pieces and Drumming are the ones that appeal to me most by far (and a couple of the seemingly related pieces). Basically everything he has with words in it hasn't dated well as far as I'm concerned. For instance I saw The Cave and walked out 1/3 of the way through it. Truly one of the most tedious experiences of my life. I wrote about both performances in greater detail at the time here http://www.phonopsia.co.uk/blog/2006/10/steve-reichs-cave-at-barbican.htm and here http://www.phonopsia.co.uk/blog/2006/10/steve-reichs-music-for-18-musicians. htm if anyone cares. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.15/580 - Release Date: 08/12/2006 12:53
