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Radio 3 Live in Concert: BBC Proms 2011: Prom 36: Steve Reich

Prom 36: Steve Reich

03/01/2012

BBC Proms 2011

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Steve Reich performs his own works with Ensemble Modern at the 2011 Proms.

A Prom from 2011 in which Steve Reich performs his own works with Ensemble Modern in celebration of his 75th birthday. Including the seminal Music for 18 Musicians.

BBC PROMS 2011

Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall, London last August

Presented by Andrew McGregor

Another chance to hear the music of Steve Reich which he brought to the Proms last year in celebration of his 75th birthday. His hypnotic rhythms and elements taken from jazz and non-Western traditions produce some ravishing music.

Clapping Music shows off the percussive abilities of two people who make music with nothing but their own bodies. In Electric Counterpoint a single electric guitarist builds up alluring layers of sound with a multiple guitar soundtrack.

Music for 18 Musicians is a seminal piece from the 1970s and one of Reich's best-known works. The exotic colours and percussive textures are very striking, as is the unusual ensemble, featuring multiple pianos, marimbas and xylophones. It is a work Reich himself is still very satisfied with, and its enduring nature has led to many contemporary electronica artists sampling it today. 

Steve Reich:
Clapping Music
Electric Counterpoint
Music for 18 Musicians

Steve Reich (percussion, piano)
Mats Bergström (guitar)
Synergy Vocals
Ensemble Modern.

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