| Title: | The UK Music Conference |
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| Created: | Mon Mar 28 1988 |
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Steve Reich + Musicians At the Royal Festival Hall
Only UK gig
Thursday 27-Feb-1992 8pm
Performances of "Different Trains", "Drumming Part 1", "Electric
Counterpoint" and "Sextet".
I have 1 (one) spare ticket - any takers - it's a good seat.
Contact me on LARVAE::COHEN_D or David Cohen @BST. Home phone is 0734
590301 (after 6.30pm).
Who on earth is Steve Reich? Well he's not that chat "in the
afternoon" for starters. I guess he can be described as a 'minimalist',
if you need a box to put the guy in. He's been around since the
mid-60's and Channel 4 screened a documentary on him just before
Christmas. It's mainly orchestral stuff, although he appeals to people
with wide tastes ie. rock audiences. His works are long, and mainly
built around slightly changing repetition, within a song (uhhh?).
Comtemporaries - Terry Riley (eg. "In C) and Phillip Glass, who is
probably the 'commercial' end of this type of music. I reckon it'll be
a very interesting show; I have tapes if you wanna hear some stuff.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 964.1 | "So here we are..." | ARRODS::OHAGANB | Not too fond of poodles | Mon Jan 20 1992 13:20 | 5 |
I once heard Mike (O') Scott sing the praises of this man. His
influences, so I'm told, can be heard on the orchestral arrangements
on "This is the Sea".
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| 964.2 | one of the original new age | XSIVE::PATTISON | Seek.. Locate.. Exterminate... | Mon Jan 20 1992 16:31 | 7 |
Reich uses gometric progressions and suchlike in his compositions.. For example he might write something where the tempo always changes from one measure to the next. Easy if you have a sequencer/synth, but from a musicians point of view its extremely hard to play. | |||||
| 964.3 | It's still for sale ... | LARVAE::COHEN_D | Still, musn't grumble | Wed Jan 22 1992 08:39 | 10 |
re: .1/.2
Thanks for the comments. .2 is certainly on the nail - his stuff is
pretty hard to play live.
Well, any takers for this ticket?
David.
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| 964.4 | It gonna rain It's gonna rain I'ts gonna rain... | POBBLE::COTTON | Yet Knish | Mon Mar 02 1992 12:42 | 4 |
So Dave, what was the gig like? I was due to go, but was let down at the 11th hour... Lee | |||||