Comments on: The war is over

By: killian

killian — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:14:53 +0000

and yet another reason you are my hero. Thank you!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:13:12 +0000

reading this post and listening to steve reich was a lovely way to wake up in the morning.

i wholeheartedly agree about the chords two minutes in. it sounds like syncopated singing.

By: David

David — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:16:09 +0000

Nico, you would have been eight years old when Different Trains (Kronos) came out…. I guess they played Steve Reich in wunderkindergarten, huh? But that’s some pretty heavy stuff to lay on kids, I would think.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 08:47:31 +0000

Hey Nico,
The luscious chords you spotted at 2:05 are also used in Reich’s Tehillim Part 1. Stunning. In fact I’d rate Tehillim as his best work – there aren’t many other examples in contemporary composition where the percussion is used so effectively.

By: mark

mark — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:56:28 +0000

this really is a wonderful piece and i also love that more groups are performing it. i first heard the kronos recording in high school after i got in to glass and this took me to many new places (i got in to classical, in general, not long before then). this does mark yesterday’s news well though.

By: Grrg

Grrg — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:03:18 +0000

You should read this

http://www.jstor.org/pss/10.1525/jams.2010.63.1.99

It’s sort of great.