Here's the general schedule:
10pm nightly: Different versions of the iconic Reich composition, Music for 18 Musicians Noon & 8pm daily: Interviews with Reich from WNYC archives
Daily focus:
Thursday: The Birth of a Style: Influences and Teachers
Friday: Counterpoint: From Vermont to Cello
Saturday: Reich in Full Voice: Vocal, Choral and Tape
Sunday: The Cave (Reich’s only opera)
Monday: Live Concerts from the WNYC Archives
Tuesday: Music for Percussion
Wednesday: Reich Remixed: The Next Generation
- Original and exciting new recordings of all of Reich’s recorded works, many with personal introductions by Reich himself
- Exclusive rare performances and interviews from the WNYC archives, including visits with John Schaefer on New Sounds and Soundcheck, long-format interviews with
Tim Page on Meet the Composer and with Leonard Lopate on The Leonard Lopate Show
- Do You Q2 blog, with celebrity tributes from contemporaries, collaborators and admirers from different fields, including: David Lang and Nico Muhly, composers; Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo; So Percussion’s Jason Treuting; and Bang On A Can Allstars & Steve Reich & Musicians’ Evan Ziporyn
- Reich (Remixed), a collection of Steve Reich material remixed by some of today’s most important DJs and remixers
- Exclusive, time-limited download of Reich’s Dance Patterns, courtesy Nonesuch Records http://nonesuch.edgeboss.net/
download/nonesuch/music/ 075597991321/a_fl_steve_reich_ daniel_variations_8_dance_ patterns_332481_256.mp3
8 comments:
Oh, somebody will hate this! It's hard to imagine a worthier cause. (Should I not have said that?)
I am certain somebody will hate this! I see it as my opportunity to confirm that Reich's works are music.
That's the somebody I had in mind.
It is not only music, it is some of the greatest of our time.
Yeah, but there are so many unrecognized composers who deserve this kind of attention, too. I find it hard exalt some at the expense of others. Especially if it seems like another well-promoted, name-recognition inspired hipster happening--all this despite my love of Reich's music.
Also, it might be an interesting experiment to leave the comment function on when speaking about Sound and Fury. That way, I/we/everyone can "converse," about his views (remember, his blog doesn't allow comments). I think he would appreciate some feedback in a viewable form.
Lisa Hirsch wrote: I am certain somebody will hate this! I see it as my opportunity to confirm that Reich's works are music.
Your above link is misspelled.
Empiricus wrote: Also, it might be an interesting experiment to leave the comment function on when speaking about Sound and Fury [sic]. That way, I/we/everyone can "converse," about his views (remember, his blog doesn't allow comments). I think he would appreciate some feedback in a viewable form.
The blog's name is Sounds & Fury, not, "Sounds and Fury", and most definitely not, "Sound and Fury" which is a different blog altogether. And the reason Lisa killed the comments function on that particular post (and contrary to standard blog practice, omitted linking the original S&F post on which she was commenting in order for others to see in context what was actually said as opposed to what she imagined or interpreted what was said) is because she knows if she did, I would correct her confused, wrongheaded thinking in no uncertain terms.
ACD
Quite the contrary - I'm remembering your belief that discussions between or among blogs should be conducted in blog postings, not comments. I mean, that's why you don't allow comments on Sounds & Fury, right?
That's one of the reasons (but not the only one) I don't include a comments section on S&F posts.
That aside, it's impossible to have a cross-blog discussion when no link is provided to the post(s) in consideration as is standard practice in the blogosphere; a practice you knowingly failed to follow in your post as I've already pointed out.
ACD
Empiticus, this is the first festival. There are reasons to kick off with a more established name (although "established" is EXTREMELY relative...) Q2 will regularly feature festivals that will focus on much less established composers.
Keep listening!
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