Different trains, piano counterpoint, triple quartet, an album by steve reich, london steve reich ensemble on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Steve reich 1989 different trains electric counterpoint kronos quartet 01 different trains americabefore the war. The london steve reich ensemble is an outstanding group of young musicians. Its original release was performed by the kronos quartet and won the grammy award for best classical contemporary composition in 1989. Watch steve reichs different trains performed by the lco. The works three movements have the following titles. Pulitzer prizewinning composer steve reich curates a program featuring works by steve reich and nico muhly and a world premiere by gabriella smith. Abstract beatmaker actress, composer jack barnett, producer sandunes, percussionist. Music for 18 musicians and different trains have earned him two grammy awards, and in 2009 his double sextet won the pulitzer prize. Different trains electric counterpoint by steve reich, pat.
Steve reichs different trains with london contemporary orchestra. Performed days before steve reichs 80th birthday, this site specific performance of different trains was the first to pair the piece with a visual. Warner cd steve reich different trains iii after the. Different trains electric counterpoint by steve reich on. Listen free to steve reich different trains triple quartet.
Different trains is a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape written by steve reich in 1988. As reich describes the project, the idea for the piece comes from my childhood. Steve reich different trains electric counterpoint 1989 written by bluesever monday, 26 may 2014 16. Search results for different trains by steve reich yee yee. The sinister part here is than some trains carried jews to death camps. Kronos quartet gives west coast premiere of steve reichs wtc 911. What better excuse to pick through the great mans body of work. Download steve reich different trains piano counterpoint triple quartet the london steve reich ensemble 2011 from 37 mb, steve reich different trains piano counterpoint triple quartet the london steve reich ensemble 2011 from 273 mb free from tradownload. Reich uses recorded spoken phrases of his governess, a retired pullman porter, and various holocaust survivors interlaid with the astounding kronos quartet to contrast his childhood memories of train journeys between new york and california in. Steve reich different trainselectric counterpoint lp. The result is a fuller, less strident sound than before, yet the work loses none of its immediacy as the individual lines remain remarkably clear. It won a grammy award in 1990 for best contemporary classical composition.
Different trains, piano counterpoint, triple quartet. Reichs 1988 piece, different trains, marked a new compositional method, rooted in its gonna rain and come out, in which speech recordings generate the musical material for musical instruments. Steve reich s different trains with london contemporary orchestra by boiler room published on 20170915t11. Steve reich, different trains 1988 digital video and audio excerpt, with background information. Different trains uses human speech played as evershorter fragments until they become just notes in a musical work. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style. This is steve reich different trains part 3america after the war by lost highway on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Different trains, for string quartet and prerecorded performance tape, begins a new way of composing that has its roots in my early tape pieces its gonna rain 1965 and come out 1966. Eluize make me sin dub by xlr8r published on 201709t14. Steve reich different trains europe during the war duration. Years later, he pondered the fact that, as a jew, had he been in europe instead of the united states at that time, he might have been travelling in holocaust trains steve reich s earlier work had frequently used tape, looped and played back at different speeds. This is steve reich different trains part 1america before the war by lost highway on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. Taking its structural basis from steve reichs landmark work different trains a revolutionary piece of documentary music this is a new work, featuring music, archival footage and interviews with those who lived through this pivotal period of history, brought together by a dynamic creative team. Sotw takes a look at minimalism and composer steve reichs different trains, a threemovement piece for string quartet and tape 1988.
Different trains steve reich concerts, introduction. Reichs innovations include using tape loops to create phasing patterns examples are his early compositions, its gonna rain and come out, and the use of processes to create and explore musical. Different trains by steve reich 1936 sheet music for. This late80s work finds the minimalist composer mixing acoustic and taped material to great effect. Clapping music, different trains and vermont counterpoint which were. The pattern of sound, both the pitch and rhythm is mirrored by the string quartet. Composer steve reich talks about the inspiration behind his new album radio rewrite and how everyone needs to get over his feud with philip glass thu 11. The different trains of the title are trains that have had an impact on reichs own life. Different trains 1988 will probably go down in history as reichs masterpiece.
Reichs phaseshifting minimalism is made dazzlingly entertaining in different trains, which is scored for string quartet and digitally sampled voices that repeat bits of speech concerning trains and reichs experience with them growing up. The basic idea is that carefully chosen speech recordings generate the musical materials for musical instruments. To reichs first string quartet, different trains, one of the most profound works. Discover our naive essentials playlist on spotify and deezer. Stephen michael reich born october 3, 1936 in new york city is an american composer. Steve reich different trains europe during the war youtube. The composition earned him a grammy for best contemporary classical composition in 1989 and has been recorded by the duke string quartet, the kronos quartet, and here by the smith quartet. Recognised as one of the foremost composers of our time, minimalist steve reich was, for many years, considered.
Reichs documentary video opera works the cave and three tales, done in collaboration with video artist beryl. Lyrics to different trainseuropeduring the war movement 2 by steve reich. Steve reichs different trains, a work for string quartet and tape written in 1988, is widely recognised as one of the most significant musical compositions of the last thirty years. Different trains electric counterpoint by pat metheny. String quartet, tapecd sheet music book by steve reich 1936. Steve reich on different trains video editing by max. If you think this addon violates mozillas addon policies or has security or privacy issues, please report these issues to mozilla using this form please dont use this form to report bugs or request addon features. Different trains electric counterpoint, an album by steve reich on spotify. The signature piece here, different trains, was inspired by steve reichs experiences travelling by rail during the time of world war ii. Steve reich kronos quartet pat metheny different trains electric counterpoint. Weve found 2 lyrics, 1 artists, and 50 albums matching different trains by steve reich. Pulitzer prizewinning composer steve reich helped to redefine music in the mid twentieth century with his minimalist innovations.
Making its harmonia mundi debut, new yorkbased ensemble signal performs steve reichs music for 18 musicians 197476, a seminal masterpiece by a pioneering composer who changed the. Its original release was performed by the kronos quartet. Subsequently he attended mills college in oakland where he was taught by luciano berio and darius milhaud 1961. The performance on the 29th september took place just days before steve reichs 80th birthday, in. The words were recorded by reich from several sources. Steve reich different trains lyrics and tracklist genius. Cd, album, club elektra nonesuch, elektra nonesuch 9 791762, 791762. Steve reichs different trains brought together various strands of his musical thinking phase shifting, sampling of voices, jewish experience, and the combination of live instruments with prerecorded sound, to name some in a highly personal synthesis that is both moving and compactly powerful. Reich also intersperses references to the much more harrowing train rides jews were forced to take to nazi concentration. Steve reich turned his back on serialism in the late 60s.
Reich different trains electric counterpoint torrent. Different trains was commissioned by betty freeman for the kronos quartet. Steve reich, music for 18 musicians full performance with eighth blackbird duration. He studied composition privately with hall overton, then moved on to juilliard school in newyork to study with william bergsma and vincent persichetti 1958 to 1961. Samples of steam engine whistles of trains three survivors of the holocaust. Their performances pulse with life steve reich the london steve reich e.
Search results for different trains by steve reich lyrics. Music for pieces of wood, cello counterpoint, piano phasevideo phase, electric counterpoint, different trains steve reich and musicians metropolitan museum of art, new york city. Steve reich october 3, 1936, newyork city, usa is a composer. Firefox nvda users to access the following content, press m to. Auto suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Europe during the war by the duke quartet published on 20120921t17. Different trains is a piece by steve reich which imagines how he, as a jew, would have travelled on very different trains in europe during the second world war. Steve reich new york, 1936 different trains 1988 ii. If your order contains items that have different estimated shipping dates for example, available to preorder, in stock, available to ship in days you will be given an option either to wait for everything to become available to ship in one package, or to ship each item as soon as it becomes available.