Music for the pandemic
- Bach5G
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- Joined: Apr 07, 2018
Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians.
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Actually any Steve Reich will do.
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Actually any Steve Reich will do.
- Posaunus
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- Joined: Mar 23, 2018
Listening to most of Steve Reich's compositions is almost worse for me than getting a case of COVID-19! :horror:
- AndrewMeronek
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- Joined: Mar 30, 2018
Music for 18 musicians is awesome. Awesometacular, even. Hard to listen to, but when I have the energy to invest - :amazed:
- AndrewMeronek
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- Joined: Mar 30, 2018
I am absolutely in love with this piece. I wrote a brass quintet arrangement last year, but this is the gift that keeps on giving. :pant:
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- Bach5G
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- Joined: Apr 07, 2018
I’m now listening to Radio Rewrite by Reich and Radiohead and others.
I say this is perfect music for the pandemic in the sense that the pace of life these days allows one to observe and appreciate the subtle, minimalistic changes in the music over the life of the performance.
Much like the virus itself. Fragments repeat, replicate, evolve, mutate, on and on, almost infinitely. Best enjoyed alone in quarantine? I wouldn’t describe this as “girlfriend friendly music”.
Music for our time in a discomforting way.
I say this is perfect music for the pandemic in the sense that the pace of life these days allows one to observe and appreciate the subtle, minimalistic changes in the music over the life of the performance.
Much like the virus itself. Fragments repeat, replicate, evolve, mutate, on and on, almost infinitely. Best enjoyed alone in quarantine? I wouldn’t describe this as “girlfriend friendly music”.
Music for our time in a discomforting way.