Steve Reich: Different Trains (III: After the war) | Manchester Collective

Not all journeys are the same. As a child, composer Steve Reich frequently travelled back and forth by train to see his separated parents between New York and Los Angeles between 1939 to 1942. As a Jew, Reich later looked back to realise that he might have been making very different train journeys in that period had he been born on the other side of the Atlantic.
These ideas of travel, early life and afterlife form the heart of ‘Different Trains’, which began its life not as a musical composition but as a series of interviews and recordings conducted by Reich. The recordings play out as fragments and speech samples played on a pre-recorded tape, layered with strings which switch between rhythmic patterns and literally imitating the speech melody.
We’re left imagining the painfully contrasting destinies faced by travellers, which is as relevant now as it was in the 20th Century. We’re all travelling on different trains.
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Sara Wolstenholme - Violin
Anna Tulchinskaya - Violin
Alex Mitchell - Viola
Christian Elliott - Cello
Film - Broaden
Audio recording - Alex Miller
Audio mix - Brendan Williams
Performed at the Tung Auditorium in Liverpool, September 2023
Supported by PRS Foundation’s The Open Fund
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[@reality_bites7887]

congratulations on being able to read music. your music teachers must be so proud

[@MusicRepo]

I go and see you every time you come to Nottingham. Was sad you didn't do this in Nottingham but absolutely adored the Unfurrowed Field. Keep doing what you're doing 😊😊

[@seanoconnor8843]

I know I smoke far too much but this is really good as well

[@willricemusic]

😍