Steve Reich "Music for 18 Musicians" -Section IIIB

"Music for 18 Musicians-Section IIIB" at Opera City Concert Hall in Tokyo, May 21,2008.

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• 18
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• OperaCity
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• 2008

[kovalmoog]

Excellent !!! This section was used on several episodes of 1980 Carl Sagan's COSMOS TV documentary. I was amazed with this music when I saw the series in 1981 (14 years old). It took me 3 years to find out any info about the author. Thanks for all of these videos !!

[pckg21c]

I also saw Carl Sagan 's COSMOS TV documentary. At that time, Carl Sagan was popular and broadcast on TV also in Japan. 

[Stimulator7]

is this

steve reich and musicians?

[pckg21c]

Yes.Steve Reich is plaung piano.

I think that this is an unusual video.

[hungonyou]

Good job!

[pckg21c]

Thanks!

[maksutov1]

Steve is a genius, I never tire of his work.

[rossvideosprint]

I don't think Reich employs any phasing in 18 musicians... but the evolving patterns are genius. The rhythms can change so subtley in just one of the parts and all these small changes amount to larger ones over time. (It's basically musical evolution!)

[rossvideosprint]

@johnnyfx82 The vibe player is a man. Thank you for the irrelevant details!

[johnnyfx82]

@rossvideosprint Yes ... but from my personal POV, the vibe player is not a "bloke" :D By the way, if G minor is the key of this section, he plays the major third instead of the minor. Just for messing around with details, you know...

[220bpm]

I love all sections of that album if I can call that so, but this one is the very best of all. Thanks for uploading.

[nebula34]

@kovalmoog I like to think of music for 18 musicians as the direct auditory realm of MC Escher's Metamorphosis series...

[gurcrist]

@rossvideosprint Thats what I was thinking too :)

[ajre82]

must be a difficult piece to perform. kudos to the skill of these musicians and to Mr. Reich.

[markjbaldwin]

Hmm. I count 20 musicians on stage. Maybe at any given time 2 are sitting out??