Reich on Reich

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A new 10-minute documentary exploring the music of Steve Reich, the minimalist pioneer who celebrates his 75th birthday this year, filmed at his residence in upstate New York. The composer discusses how his early experiments with tape loops and phasing fed the development of his later works.
With influences encompassing Stravinsky, jazz, African drumming and gamelan, Steve Reich's music has reached out to audiences way beyond traditional classical music circles. Works such as Drumming, Music for 18 Musicians and Different Trains are among the most important of the past 50 years, continuing to be highly influential on younger musicians and composers. His musical philosophy has helped to break through artistic boundaries, with notable examples in the fields of dance and video theatre.
This film is presented by Boosey & Hawkes and directed by Tommy Pearson of Red Ted Films.
Works copyright © Boosey & Hawkes and Universal Edition
Performance footage from:
Steve Reich "Phase to Face" (2009)
kindly licensed by MÉMOIRE MAGNÉTIQUE PRODUCTIONS, France
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Electric Counterpoint Score & Parts: bit.ly/Electri...
Drumming Hawkes Pocket Score: bit.ly/Drummin...
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[@davelester1985]

Come Out To Show Them was a great idea. I took a summer course from Reich at University of New Mexico and he opened my eyes to new things in music. That was a great memory, back in 1968.

[@serbsof2k84ever]

The fact that something like "It's gonna rain" inspired the creation of phase music, blows my mind.

[@cliffordschloss8088]

Nice knowing Steve likes Jazz and is down as a young black fan. Before learning about him I always felt the first piece I heard, music for 18 musicians, had to get a lot of its ideas from African music.

[@lcoleman1961]

You're quite right. Steve Reich spent time in Ghana studying West African drumming.

[@gabrielepetrucciperc]

0:23 Fantastic effect!

[@redtedfilms]

The music in the intro is from Sextet. And the music in the dance at 3.30 is from Piano Phase, the footage taken from a documentary by Eric Darmon and Franck Mallet.

[@jonstein6868]

Seems like a great guy - just like his music !

[@marcfedak]

This is great!

[@paspartu2453]

09:11/ Somebody actually bothered to misalign Reich name to make a matareferencial point about him phasing over himself.

[@PugCuber]

I agree. That’s well done.

[@BulliedByBobRoss]

The Score he is writing on: Mallet Quartett?

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

Like it ....-Beboppppppppppppppppp

[@milesdavidsmith]

3:20 those girls must be pretty dizzy

[@brandonlincolnsnyder]

whats the dance at 3:30 from?

[@planeguy5]

Would you happen to know the name of the song that begins at 8:45?

[@qazwerspoil]

Jeremy Nolan sextet final movement

[@teemukekkonenmusic]

Almost 500 likes and 0 dislikes - just as it should be 😁

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Bebop

[@m1ke1981]

What's the piece during the end credits?

[@m1ke1981]

***** Thanks :)

[@brandonlincolnsnyder]

Whats the intro music?

[@stefansalinasbooksartwork7722]

Stravinsky's the Rite of Spring.

[@antoneeshukov7791]

In which program he's scoring ?

[@mathijsgijzen7478]

Sibelius

[@sneddypie]

i forgot steve reich was still alive

[@Classical4Piano]

The man is still alive today

[@PeterGrenader]

Wollensaks rule!

[@harrym.6602]

Is that John Williams drumming with him?

[@FreakieFan]

Lol, no of course not.

[@stevereich9687]

Wow, the camera really added ten pounds to my face! Dammit!

[@jr4915]

On behalf of all conductors and performers everywhere, thanks so much for giving us this fantastic video. What a great overview. Thanks for your contribution to the world of music for now and for always!

[@tejasnair3399]

@@jr4915 that’s not actually him

[@stevereich9687]

You're welcome John! (Of course it's me, Tejas, who else would I be?)

[@firaspring7859]

terbaeeeekkkk

[@cleomagoolando]

I can't help but feel like, in his recent work, Reich has become a dull fixture who's become fully convinced by his own hype, the perfect capitalist realist for a corporate totalitarian civilization. He'll roll out the same redundant-sounding and stale documentary music ever few years and still run his face about how his music is 'opening windows between the streets and the concert hall', never minding the fact that nearly zero working class people buy his records or care for classical music.

[@liammcooper]

the irony of reich hatred phasing in and out over the course of his career.

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Does he enjoy it?

[@KrisKringle14]

I do not like the recent Steve Reich stuff. I got to know in the eighties all his great minimal pieces, like "18 musicians", "Piano phase" etc. and as a young man was very impressed by the complexity and yet vitality (at the same time) of his music. But I guess from "Different Trains" on Reich wanted to be very serious. That's when his music, to me, lost it's innocence. Now it is just - complex. Last piece I regarded as really great was "Electric Counterpoint".

[@liammcooper]

Well that's just like, your opinion, man.

[@marcushlm]

I couldn't desagree more and really find some of the "newer" works absolutely fascinating. Stuff like the Triple Quartet, Double Sextet (two pierrot ensembles), 2 X 5 and the mallet quartet...

[@brumm3653]

Okay, but can he compose something that's actually, you know, beautiful? Instead of boring, repetitive, Steve Reich kind of thing.