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- Thursday, January 19, 2012
Steve Reich Disney Hall Concert Among "Music's Memorable Experiences" (LA Times), "Nothing Short of Transcendent" (Variety)
Steve Reich joined Bang on a Can All-Stars for the start of the group's 25th anniversary tour and a celebration of the composer's 75th birthday with an all-Reich concert at LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday. "A retrospective of Reich, performed by musicians who live and breathe his music, made attendance at this kind of event one of music's memorable experiences," says the Los Angeles Times. Reich is "as close to a rock star as a composer can get these days." Variety describes the performances of Music for 18 Musicians as "nothing short of transcendent."
- Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Steve Reich Joins Bang on a Can All-Stars for All-Reich Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles
Steve Reich will take the stage at LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall tonight for a concert celebrating the composer's work. The all-Reich program—performed by Bang on a Can All-Stars, red fish blue fish, David Cossin, and the composer himself—features the West Coast premiere of 2x5, along with Piano Phase, Music for 18 Musicians, and Clapping Music, on which the composer will join in. Following tonight's concert, an LAist Classical Pick of the Week, the performers take the show to UC San Diego.
About this Album
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Reich, collaborating with video artist Beryl Korot, re-employs the tape manipulation/cut-up techniques of his earliest work in this prescient 1993 video opera, addressing the Arab-Israeli conflict. Time called it "a breakthrough piece for Reich and a tantalizing glimpse of what opera might be like in the 21st century." The album includes only the audio component of the piece.
Credits
MUSICIANS
The Steve Reich Ensemble:
Cheryl Bensman Rowe, Marion Beckenstein, sopranos
James Bassi, tenor
Hugo Munday, baritone
Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, Garry Kvistad, Thad Wheeler, percussion
Nurit Tilles, Edmund Niemann, Philip Bush, pianos, keyboards
Elizabeth Lim, Todd Reynolds, violin
Scott Rawls, viola
Jeanne LeBlanc, cello
Leslie Scott, Al Hunt, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, bass clarinet
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Judith Sherman
Recorded December 12-16, 1994 at Edison Studio, New York, New York
Engineered by John Kilgore
Assistant Engineer: Yvonne Yedibalian
Mixed by Judith Sherman and Steve Reich at The Hit Factory, New York, New York
Mixing Engineer: John Kilgore
Assistant Engineers: Glen Marchese, Andy Grassi
Music by Steve Reich
Text by Beryl Korot
Design by Calvin Chu
Cover Photograph by Andrew Pothecary
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
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