Conversations With... Steve Reich
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- Опубліковано 29 лип 2024
- A conversation with American minimalist composer Steve Reich.
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Last month I had the privilege of travelling to New York to speak to one of America’s most influential and important musical minds-Steve Reich. The New Yorker called him “the most original musical thinker of our time”, The Guardian said he can “legitimately claim to have altered the direction of musical history”, and The New York Times described his work as some of the most important American music ever written. Our conversation touched on his philosophy, influences, compositions, and how there’s music in everything that we say.
00:00 - Introduction
00:44 - Speech Melody
07:16 - Acoustic v Electronic Instruments
10:46 - Tonality and Simplicity
16:21 - New York City
19:43 - Wittgenstein, Musical Clarity, and Music History Classes
24:42 - Background to Different Trains
32:31 - Tempo in Different Trains
40:45 - The Desert Music and Pre-Planning Pieces
44:36 - Acknowledgements
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Can we just all acknowledge how remarkably switched-on and youthful Steve Reich appears in this interview- the man's 87!!!!
He is! The man’s a marvel…
It's incredible. He is as lucid now as he was 20, 30, 40 years ago.
Great work Albert. Love how it flows. You clearly know your stuff, I could see this on a BBC Arts programme.
One of my absolute favourite composers - hard to believe that the same man wrote "It's gonna rain", Different Trains, Desert Music...and Music for 18 Musicians, You Are Variations, various Counterpoint works. Mr. Reich has really evolved his art. I can't believe Steve Reich is 87 here! Wonderful interview with great questions.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
In light of our current predicament, this line from the text of "The Desert Music" always stuck with me:
"Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish."
--William Carlos Williams
Very true. That quote reminds me of another, from the writer in Tarkovsky's Stalker.
"My conscience wants vegetarianism to win over the world. And my subconscious is yearning for a piece of juicy meat. But what do I want?"
Awesome interview! I love what I've heard of Reich's music and this just makes me want to listen to more - both his music and others he's mentioned. Africa/Brass sounds particularly interesting.
Bert this is incredible !! perfect questions for such an interesting man = wonderful interview !!
Great stuff. Really interesting to hear Steve Reich's inside knowledge of his work.
It's annoying that this is genuinely just really good, congrats! :D
Brilliant video Albert! A fantastic piece of work about the great Steve Reich.
love the man
Phenomenal video and engaging interview, locomotive. Proud of you 😘
Thanks so much Tom!
Marvellous!
Thank you!
I don't think there were all that many driven out of concert halls by Babbitt et al because their music wasn't played all that often. If you look at what was being programmed during that period it accounted for a tiny amount of the music being scheduled for playing.
Lovely interview Albert. On to a new level! ❤
Thank you!
Good!
Thanks!
Awesome vid bert ❤❤❤
Thank you :)
38:52?
A little audio problem there-I said that I had heard suggestions that 94.2 was a reference to 1942 and the Wannsee Conference.
@@AlbertGenower Thank you for the clarification. Great interview by the way, it was fascinating to hear Steve Reich talk about his intentions behind his artistic choices.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed :)