Happy 80th Birthday, Steve Reich!

Par Jacob Slattery, 04 novembre 2016

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Critique faite à Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York, le 1 novembre 2016

Reich, Quartet, for 2 vibraphones and 2 pianos

Reich, Pulse (World première)

Reich, Three Tales

David Robertson, Direction

ICE- Innovation Chamber Ensemble

Sō Percussion, Percussions

Synergy Vocals

Nick Mangano, Mise en scène

Steve Reich : percussion, transe, et organicité

Manuel Gaulhiac, 2nd December

C’est une légende vivante qui s'invite à la fondation Louis Vuitton ce weekend : le compositeur Steve Reich en personne, pionnier des courants de la musique minimaliste et de la musique répétitive.

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Rain (De Keersmaeker) , Palais Garnier

Laurine Mortha, 23rd October

Chorégraphié en 2001 par la chorégraphe flamande Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, Rain est une exploration scientifique de l’articulation entre musique et danse qui s’inscrit dans la continuité des ses premiers travaux. La pièce est présentée par le Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris cet automne.

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Nail-biting Shostakovich from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Dominic Lowe, 15th August

Before a searing performance of Shostakovich's Thirteenth from Ryan Bancroft and his Welsh forces, Benjamin Grosvenor delivers a terrific performance of Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major.

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Farewell, Sir Andrew: the Proms pays tribute in fitting style

Peter Quantrill, 30th August

Lovingly detailed accounts of music dear to the heart of the late master of ceremonies at the Proms.

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Reich premiere at the center of an evening of unexpected pleasures

Kurt Gottschalk, 6th October

Jacob's Ladder receives its world premiere, sandwiches by two staples of the 19th-century Romantic repertoire.

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A British take on New York minimalism: Steve Reich at Carnegie Hall

Kurt Gottschalk, 1st November

The Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals present an evening of music by Steve Reich at Carnegie Hall, including the US premiere of Traveler's Prayer.

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Jacob Slattery

Jacob is a musician and raconteur based out of New York City. As a writer, he operates an online arts and culture blog with the goal of providing momentum for community-based arts projects in NYC. As an oboist, Jacob has performed internationally with orchestras from Vienna to Seoul. Born and raised in the lake-ridden, gopher empire of Minnesota, Jacob received a dual-degree in Music Performance and Marketing from Augsburg College in Minneapolis. His blog can be found here.

Happy birthday, Steve Reich! A Carnegie Hall birthday bash