Steve Reich - South Bank Show - Part 5

[JafuetTheSame]

2:29 reich hears absolute pitch?

[wentbackward]

I don't like Nyman's comments, he's so annoying, in contrast Reich is so straightforward. Yes it's true that imitation is cheap but inspiration is not to be belittled. Others have to pick up the baton and stretch Reichs ideas in new directions. And the remix ... well I think it's very fitting with Reich's legacy, not everyone wants their music to be an intellectual challenge. In contrast with all the Canon's in D with a heavy bassline added, Remix is a musical triumph on that scene.

[BenNCM]

Michael Nyman is very animated but his voice remains very controlled and contained.

[cowandchicken]

omg different trains its soooooo moving makes me cry

[Mrs912009Sarah]

scary

[ananogeo]

I had this piece for my music test today...for listening section... :)))))

[bluesandroots2008]

His musical ideas are absolutely inspirational to people like myself, even non-musicians.

I don't know how you people who have the previlege to write about him at schools, can't find anything interesting about his ideas. Just spoiled.

Whereas if you think about it in different spectrums these thoughts can still be used in different styles Techno, hip hop, dub etc.

Maybe you don't like music in the first place...

[nowthenamelessdwell]

kill yourself

[uyar27]

i have to write 800 words on this crap music

[dojisound]

Twat!

[Davemidnightdelight]

he's given you about 3,000 just there, pick up a pen and shut up

[jlToolfan]

i wish i had that kind of essay assignment!

[radford7]

i have to write 1000 word essay on this horrible sound.

[undersolo]

I like the Four Tet remix.

[zyzzy78]

Seeing Kronos do "Different Trains" in at the Steve Reich @ 70 concert was chilling. Hearing the triggered voices floating like ghosts high above the musicians' heads gives a very different impression than the one-dimensional mix on the CD.

The lighting design was very effective, too - different brightness levels for each movement, with fades between them.

[digimaton]

Reich:Remixed, "an interesting failure". I'm glad that's been straighted out.

[zyzzy78]

I'd agree with that assessment. The "Megamix" was pretty good and respectful of its source material; the "Piano Phase" remix was okay; the rest were pretty uninteresting or even embarrassing to me.

[digimaton]

well yeah, but Reich is not beyond the uninteresting and embarrassing either, then again that's art, it doesn't always work. The Reich cult of personality serves only to undermine critical discourse.

[ukdavepianoman]

So great to hear Electric Counterpoint. This is happy music with bouncy rhythms. Reich is one of the few "classical" composers who's music has crossed over into other areas. I don't know why people get so worked up about music being repetitive...look how much pop music repeats phrases and hooks over and over again !

[VomitSelf7]

Nice guy. Good thing he didn't sue. If someone stole from me, instead of sueing, I'd do an album with them. Genius!

[SambaDisaWinner]

my goodness steve is such a genius! what a gift he was given! And thank you to the person who has posted all these videos i know feel like i understand him more!!!

[saxappealct]

Oh my god - to the person who put this up - I actually love you, I'm writing about different trains in an essay at uni - this has helped SO much!

[guaullywood]

i think gillian moore miss the point saying that s.reich's music is 'extremely emotional' ...

obvously it is...

but is more yhan that .

the key is not the emotion,

the key is sensibility

(i guess)

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anyway...brilliant documentary

[Toyboy789]

it's so good to have Reich explain his musci . . . if only we cd have had, say, Mozart explain his musicx som clearly!

[whubel]

"So I didn't have to try to express the angst of the Holocaust, which is impossible to do, I simply had people Talk about their lives." Wow.

[snailgiraffe]

Amazing!