Reich at NEC - Daniel Variations

[huggy2bear]

@ kolkrabe, wtf are you even talking about? Analysis simply means studying ANYTHING by breaking it down into its component parts. It has nothing to do with mental illness. Why would you recommend a video that is a complete non-sequitur?

[Casca43]

Absolutely great music, and I was really touched by the story behind it. Keep up the good work.

[albbster]

anyone know if study scores or sheet music has been written for this piece?

[theritz007]

albbester--its published by boosey & hawkes but not commercially available yet. or rather, it costs nearly $300 to buy. your best bet is to get a music library to purchase it or rent it for you.

[jamspice11]

everyone in my music class really hated this music. probably just beacuse we're used to hearing classical and romantic periods but i loved something about this piece..

[kolkrabe19]

Are you playing one of the instruments, @ jamspice11 ?

[jamspice11]

haha no. our teachers are just obsessed with youtube and make us watch lots of different orchestras so we can analyse them etc,

[kolkrabe19]

Analyse them, yes, your teacher wants all of you to study psychology. Better not study psychology, what´s the point analysing the various madnesses.

[jamspice11]

lol. they just make us listen to different types of music for us to decide which orchestral period its in, the dates etc. composers, what the characteristics etc. something im halfway good at so i quite enjoy it. and i get to listen to music. so im happy all round =)

[jamspice11]

analysing various madnesses? there is a point. @ kolkrabe19

[kolkrabe19]

Please google @ watch this y/t clip:

Psychiatry: No Science No Cures

[BruceGiron]

I heard this song over the radio then, then I bought it, I look into the song I knew their had to be a meaning to the lyrics my "my name is Daniel Pearl" after I found out what they meant, I listen to the song again, and i went into a daze with images and couldn't help but to cry.

[jr99z2]

I got this album about a month ago. It's really amazing and enjoyable. I highly recommend it.

[piargno]

DANIEL VARIATIONS is out on CD! I just picked it up a couple days ago. It's beautiful. The performance in this video is a bit faster, and Jordan Hall is much more resonant, though. The CD also includes "Variations for Vibes, Piano, and Strings." Both wonderful pieces, but once again "Daniel" really stands out.

[percdann]

Never been so proud to be called daniel!!! haha amazing stuff.... he's such a talent

[BruceGiron]

I heard this song over the radio then, then I bought it, I look into the song I knew their had to be a meaning to the lyrics my "my name is Daniel Pearl" after I found out what they meant, I listen to the song again, and i went into a daze with images and couldn't help but to cry.

[dengatube2]

Amazing, how Reich can create sheer beauty while spinning around a "few" notes. It could go on and on and on ...

[ruster2006]

This is the most beautiful music I´ve heard in all my life

[dorfischer]

hi! i live in Israel and unfortunately i couldn't get my hands on the Daniel variations.... i think that if i reach heaven i would probably hear Reich's music... brilliant performance! it's a shame it is a little cut at the end... thx though :-)

[piargno]

Well, the CD will come out soon! The original clip I had is 16 minutes, but of course this YouTube only allows a certain amount, and this was the best I could compress. Thanks! Lyla Tov!

[dorfischer]

you can upload videos of virtually unlimited length to youtube- just divide it to segments of up to 10 mins. each.:-)

[spontaneoussam2]

yes, please do!

great music

[llehmorfzzaj]

more, more, more!

I heard it in London in 2006 and I can't wait for the CD either...

[returnofsimple]

hey guys, thanks for posting! me and rob from our band return of simple actually got to sit NEXT to steve, looking at HIS score of this during it's dress rehearsal at carnegie hall last october! definitely one of the cooler stories of my life. we love to talk to other reich lovers, so check out our band here and give us a message, we've got lots of stories about steve!

[ljackson84]

Im dying for this to be released on CD.

I come to this video everyday just to listen to it. The music is just beautiful.

[sargebaker]

Ditto! This is one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard...

[alkovna]

Thanke you! It's one of his best pieces. I came from Prague to join the Barbican festival. This was on the last concert - since then, I can't stop thinking aboat this piece.

[piargno]

If you have the chance, you should really e-mail Steve Reich and tell him that. It's definitely one of my favorite pieces of his now that I was a bit of a rehearsal pianist for these singers, and got to see the score and feel it... it's an incredible piece!

[alkovna]

Well, I'm not sure that he would be interested in my opinions, he is too busy, I think.

There's something very special aboat the way he sets those texts. It is somewhat oposit to Tehilim: In Daniel Variations, instruments are playing rich fast lines whereas the lines for voices developes slower. I don't usually like political art but Reich is far from beig just political. His choise of texts is incredible inventive itself!

[piargno]

You're so right. I think the downfall of most "political" pieces is that they focus too much on the agenda, forgetting the extreme personal, human affects behind the event. Reich, especially in this piece and in Three Tales - Bikini, reminds us that first and foremost, something non-human happened. Humanity was ignored. He brings the human element back. That's what I love. The text in this piece is SO incredibly human, and his music just makes that even more clear.

[piargno]

Yes - Reich told me it will be out next March. I can't wait!

[alkovna]

Post more, please!

[alkovna]

Thanks for posting! It's shame that sound quality of this recording is not well balnced. It seems, that the performers are very good. I heard the premier of this piece in London. It's a great one. I can't wait the recording. Anybodey knows when Nonesuch is going to do it?