Maximum Reich 2.0
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Eight Days of Steve: So Percussion
The members of So Percussion spend a lot of time and energy performing Steve Reich’s music. His contributions to percussion music loom over the still-emerging genre. They are so fun t... Dec 15, 2009
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Eight Days of Steve: Maya Beiser
Steve Reich once told me: “The musicians who can play my music with the right rhythmical feel are being born now…” Practicing the classical music repertoire is not enough to prepare y... Dec 14, 2009
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Eight Days of Steve: Brad Lubman
I first met Steve Reich in January 1995. Bang on a Can had started a chamber orchestra for which I was the conductor. Our first concert that January featured Reich's Eight Lines. Aft... Dec 14, 2009
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Eight Days of Steve: Nico Muhly
Writing about Steve Reich’s music feels like writing about a family member or a childhood friend: There are too many stories and too many strange intimacies to really create a coheren... Dec 11, 2009
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Q2 Music /
Maximum Reich: Video
Recently, Steve Reich came by the WQXR studios to talk about the recent phenomenon of classical trained musicians leading dual lives as rock stars and the birth of a new type of organic crossover music.
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Eight Days of Steve: Evan Ziporyn
I'm not a first -- or even second -- generation Reichian: I was still in grade school in the late '60s when the Bob, Russ, etc. were taking the bus down from Wesleyan to rehearse what... Dec 11, 2009
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Eight Days of Steve: Lee Ranaldo
The Sonic Youth guitarist reflects on the work of composer Steve Reich. Dec 11, 2009
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Q2 Music /
Maximum Reich: Dance Patterns
You can't get it on iTunes. You can't get it in a record store. But you can get it on Thursday as part of an exclusive download made available by Nonesuch Records . It's the six-minut... Dec 10, 2009
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Q2 Music /
Maximum Reich: Nadia Sirota Hosts
Q2 artist-in-residence, violist and black-belt new music champion, Nadia Sirota takes center stage on Maximum Reich with a 2-hour daily exploration of that day’s particular theme and ... Dec 10, 2009