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Influences – Steve Reich from Bloc. on Vimeo.
14 Μαρτίου 2013
Reich, Steve: Radio Rewrite (2013) for ensemble Scoring fl.cl-2vib-2pft-elec.bass.gtr-1.1.1.1.0. Abbreviations (PDF). Territory This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world. World Premiere 05/03/2013 Royal Festival Hall, London Sound Intermedia / London Sinfonietta / Brad Lubman Composer’s Notes Over the years composers have used pre-existing music (folk or classical) as material for new pieces of their own. This was particularly notable from the beginning of the 15th to the end of the 17th century when over forty settings of the Mass using the tune L’homme armé as its point of departure were written by composers Dufay, Ockeghem, Josquin des Pres, and Palestrina among others. L’homme armé was a popular secular song, yet writing a Mass was similar in scope then to writing a symphony in the classical or romantic period. Much later in the 19th century, Brahms wrote Variations on a Theme of Haydn and in the 20th century we find Stravinsky reworking the music of Pergolesi’s for his own Pulcinella. Radio Rewrite, along with Proverb (Perotin) and Finishing the Hat—Two Pianos (Sondheim), is my modest contribution to this genre. Now, in the early 21st century, we live in an age of remixes where musicians take audio samples of other music and remix them into audio of their own. Being a composer who works with musical notation I chose to reference two songs from the rock group Radiohead for an ensemble of musicians playing non rock instruments. The two songs chosen were Everything in its Right Place and Jigsaw Falling into Place. The story is as follows: In September 2010 I was in Krakow for a festival of my music. One of the featured performers was Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead who had prepared all the backing tracks for my piece, Electric Counterpoint and then played electric guitar live against those tracks in concert. It was a great performance and we began talking. I found his background as a violist and his present active role as a composer extremely interesting when added to his major role in such an important and innovative rock group. Even Festival director Filip Berkowitz suggested I listen to Radiohead. When I returned home I made it a point to go online and listen to their music and the two songs mentioned above stuck in my head. It was not my intention to make anything like ‘variations’ on these songs, but rather to draw on their harmonies and sometimes melodic fragments and work them into my own piece. This is what I have done. As to actually hearing the original songs, the truth is—sometimes you hear them and sometimes you don’t. Radio Rewrite is in five movements played without pause. The first, third and fifth are fast and based on ‘Jigsaw’ and the second and fourth are slow and based on ‘Everything’. It was completed in August 2012. — Steve Reich Reproduction Rights: This program note may be reproduced free of charge in concert programs with a credit to the composer. News stories for this title : Steve Reich: Radio Rewrite premieres in UK and US RentalAudio VisualPerformances MAILING LIST Sign up for news updates and offers via email SIGN UP AUDIO VISUAL GALLERY WATCH FULL VIDEO ONLINE SCORES Explore our new library of over 500 online scores VIEW SCORES FEATURED PUBLICATION Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Mussorgsky’s famous work in Ravel’s technicolour orchestration is included in the Masterworks Library of full scores, ideal for conductors, students and music lovers. READ MORE
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Published on Feb 15, 2013
Three Tales is a video-opera in three acts: Hindenburg, Bikini and Dolly. Music is composed by American composer Steve Reich; visuals are by Beryl Korot, his wife.
It is scored for two sopranos, three tenors, string quartet, percussion, keyboards, and pre-recorded audio. Its premiere was at the Vienna Festival on May 12, 2002; the BBC had commissioned a version for television broadcast four months later. The 12-minute tale Hindenburg had been written (and recorded) in 1998, while the remaining tales were completed (and recorded) in the year of the premiere.
Three Tales is a response to nearly a hundred years of modern technology, concerning the explosion of the Hindenburg, nuclear testings on Bikini Atoll, and the cloning of Dolly the sheep (drawing connections between genetic engineering and artificial intelligence). The different stories are told from various perspectives, with speech culled from interviews with eye-witnesses, audiovisual documentary material of both the Hindenburg and Bikini tragedies, and experts in computer science (e.g. Marvin Minsky and Kevin Warwick), artificial intelligence (Rodney Brooks), Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, and genetic engineering (Richard Dawkins).
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12 Μαρτίου 2013
Steve Reich (* 1936): The Desert Music, per 10 (o 27) voci amplificate e orchestra, testi di William Carlos Williams (1982/1983) — Steve Reich and Musicians, Brooklyn Philharmonic and Chorus diretti da Michael Tilson Thomas —
I. First Movement (Fast)
“Begin, my friend for you cannot, you may be sure, take your song, which drives all things out of mind, with you to the other world.” (from: Theocritus: Idyll — A version from the Greek)
II. Second Movement (Moderate)
“Well, shall we think or listen? Is there a sound addressed not wholly to the ear? We half close our eyes. We do not hear it through our eyes. It is not a flute note either, it is the relation of a flute note to a drum. I am wide awake. The mind is listening.” (from: The Orchestra)
III. Third Movement. Part One (Slow)
“Say to them: Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Not that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish.” (from: The Orchestra)
III. Third Movement. Part Two (Moderate)
“It is a principle of music to repeat the them. Repeat and repeat again, as the pace mounts. The theme is difficult but no more difficult than the facts to be esolved.” (from: The Orchestra)
III. Third Movement. Part Three (Slow)
“Say to them: Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Not that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish.” (from: The Orchestra)
IV. Fourth Movement (Moderate)
“Well, shall we think or listen? Is there a sound addresse not wholly to the ear. We half close our eyes. We do not hear it through our eyes. It is not a flute not either, it is the relation of a flute note to a drum. I am wide awake. The mind is listening.” (from: The Orchestra)
V. Fifth Movement (Fast)
“Inseperable from the fire its light takes precedence over it. Who most shall advance the light — call it what you may!” (from Asphodel, That Greeny Flower)
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I. First Movement (Fast)
“Begin, my friend for you cannot, you may be sure, take your song, which drives all things out of mind, with you to the other world.” (from: Theocritus: Idyll — A version from the Greek)
II. Second Movement (Moderate)
“Well, shall we think or listen? Is there a sound addressed not wholly to the ear? We half close our eyes. We do not hear it through our eyes. It is not a flute note either, it is the relation of a flute note to a drum. I am wide awake. The mind is listening.” (from: The Orchestra)
III. Third Movement. Part One (Slow)
“Say to them: Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Not that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish.” (from: The Orchestra)
III. Third Movement. Part Two (Moderate)
“It is a principle of music to repeat the them. Repeat and repeat again, as the pace mounts. The theme is difficult but no more difficult than the facts to be esolved.” (from: The Orchestra)
III. Third Movement. Part Three (Slow)
“Say to them: Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Not that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish.” (from: The Orchestra)
IV. Fourth Movement (Moderate)
“Well, shall we think or listen? Is there a sound addresse not wholly to the ear. We half close our eyes. We do not hear it through our eyes. It is not a flute not either, it is the relation of a flute note to a drum. I am wide awake. The mind is listening.” (from: The Orchestra)
V. Fifth Movement (Fast)
“Inseperable from the fire its light takes precedence over it. Who most shall advance the light — call it what you may!” (from Asphodel, That Greeny Flower)
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The music published in our channel is exclusively dedicated to divulgation purposes and not commercial. This within a program shared to study classic educational music of the 1900’s (mostly Italian) which involves thousands of people around the world. If someone, for any reason, would deem that a video appearing in this channel violates the copyright, please inform us immediately before you submit a claim to Youtube, and it will be our care to remove immediately the video accordingly.
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