Off-Putting Problems with Contemporary Classical Music
Elitist snobbery, uptight attitudes, creativity-strangling academic strictures and more can sure put one off listening to contemporary classical music.
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Steve Reich’s Music Echoes in Jordan Mechner’s Graphic Memoir ‘Replay’
Like Steve Reich’s Different Trains, Jordan Mechner’s graphic memoir Replay is a work of introspection that looks to history and tragic synchronicity.
“Weird Music Is Still Good”: Erik Hall on Isolation and Pulling Off an Impossible Steve Reich-ian Feat
Finding himself at a loose end, Erik Hall doesn't indulge in Netflix marathons or spends time sorting out his closet, instead he recreates Steve Reich's seminal masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians in his basement. And then he tells PopMatters about it.
Erik Hall Is One Musician Taking on Steve Reich’s ‘Music for 18 Musicians’
Erik Hall painstakingly and effectively recreates Steve Reich's minimalist classic, Music for 18 Musicians, with three instruments in his Michigan home studio.
‘Pulse/Quartet’ Is a Testament to Steve Reich’s Engaging Compositional Voice
With contributions from the International Contemporary Ensemble and the Colin Currie Group, Steve Reich’s Pulse/Quartet is a shining work from a modern master.
Ensemble Signal: Steve Reich – Double Sextet / Radio Rewrite
Ensemble Signal makes a strong case for Reich’s continued relevance as well as the strength of his work in this masterful recording of two late-period Reich compositions.
Ensemble Signal: Music for 18 Musicians
Ensemble Signal reproduce Steve Reich's '70s minimalist masterpiece with inhuman precision.
Tristan Perich: Parallels
Minimalism, purism, discipline are the three components that make up Tristan Perich's music and this album in particular.