91Èȱ¬

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13 Aug 2014, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2014 Prom 37: Steve Reich

Prom 37: Steve Reich
Prom 37: Steve Reich
22:15 Wed 13 Aug 2014 Royal Albert Hall
Surrender to the pulsing rhythms and repetitions of Minimalism’s founding father, Steve Reich, performed by the 91Èȱ¬ Singers and contemporary specialists the Endymion Ensemble. Relive the early experimentation of It’s Gonna Rain with its hypnotic layers of spoken sound, while The Desert Music offers a hypnotising meditation on fragments of William Carlos Williams’s poetry.
Surrender to the pulsing rhythms and repetitions of Minimalism’s founding father, Steve Reich, performed by the 91Èȱ¬ Singers and contemporary specialists the Endymion Ensemble. Relive the early experimentation of It’s Gonna Rain with its hypnotic layers of spoken sound, while The Desert Music offers a hypnotising meditation on fragments of William Carlos Williams’s poetry.

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      • It's Gonna Rain(17 mins)
      • The Desert Music (chamber version)(48 mins)

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The after-hours late-night atmosphere is a fitting backdrop to the pulsing rhythmic repetitions of Minimalism’s founding father, Steve Reich. Relive the experimentation of It’s Gonna Rain – the tape piece that first put Reich on the map back in 1965 – its hypnotic layers of spoken sound transforming a street preacher into a strange, disembodied instrument.

The Desert Music twitches and throbs with life, offering a meditation on fragments of William Carlos Williams’s poetry. The 91Èȱ¬ Singers are joined by contemporary specialists the Endymion ensemble.

There will be no interval

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Proms 2014