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Steve Reich - Three Movements / The Desert Music (conductor: Kristjan Järvi) -

So much of Steve Reich’s music depends on shifting tensions and sonorities. The slightest harmonic tweak in the upper strings must be as committed as the most grounding and predictable left-handed piano thuds. Consequently, performing his works requires an almost telepathic connection between musicians and expert marshalling, perhaps even more...

Steve Reich - Double Sextet / 2x5 -

Of all the original minimalists none is more fascinated by the propelling properties of rhythm as New Yorker Steve Reich. His career has been a lifelong study of tempo and timing â€" themes located at the very heart of these two arrangements, albeit with varying degrees of success.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Chamber Works - A particularly evocative description exists of the 1941 premiere of Messiaen's Quatuor pour le fin du temps. The performance took place far away from the comfortable happiness of a concert hall; a hut in Stalag VIII-A, the German Prisoner-of-war camp in which Messiaen was interned and where he had written...

Prepared Piano - And now for something completely different I may have mentioned previously that Melbourne plays host to a seemingly constant string of festivals throughout the year and currently it's the turn of the 'Melbourne International Arts' Festival. Generally the feature events are too expensive for the likes of me and I'm left...

Philip Glass Drops Glass Box, Shards Injure Several Nearby College Professors - Alright, dudes-in-bands, listen up. Fucking schools in session, and our instructor is Philip Glass. Yes, after more than four decades of making us all exclaim Why didnt I think of that!?!? as we listened in awe to things like singers counting beats and singing sol feg syllables, arpeggios...

Prepared Piano - And now for something completely different I may have mentioned previously that Melbourne plays host to a seemingly constant string of festivals throughout the year and currently it's the turn of the 'Melbourne International Arts' Festival. Generally the feature events are too expensive for the likes of me and I'm left...

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