News & Reviews
- Monday, January 11, 2010
SF Chronicle: Steve Reich's Work Sounds "As Magical and Arresting As Ever"
Steve Reich joined So Percussion on stage in a performance of his 1972 work Clapping Music—"still one of his most audacious and breathtaking creations," says the San Francisco Chronicle—for a "marvelous" all-Reich program at Stanford. Featured were some of Reich's "groundbreaking percussion works" that sounded "as magical and arresting as ever," says the Chronicle, and the US premiere of Reich's Mallet Quartet. At the hands of the performers, said the Mercury News, it sounded "irresistible."
- Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Steve Reich Joins So Percussion for a Celebration of His Music, Premiere of New Work at Stanford
Steve Reich will join So Percussion in a performance of Clapping Music for an all-Reich program at Stanford University this Saturday. The concert, featuring the US premiere of Reich's latest piece, Mallet Quartet, is the culmination of a number of related events at Stanford this week, including a public conversation with Reich and Beryl Korot. The San Jose Mercury News calls it all "a welcome and rare opportunity for immersion in Reich's rhythmical realm."
About this Album
This piece, available exclusively in the Nonesuch Store, scored for two
xylophones, two vibraphones, and piano, was written for Belgian
choreographer Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and premiered by her dance
troupe, Rosas Dance Company, and the Ictus Ensemble at Brussels’ Palais
des Beaux Arts in 2003. Also available as a bonus download to the album Daniel Variations.
