Steve Reich: A New Musical Language
- Synopsis
- This film portrait of minimalist composer Steve Reich begins with an introduction to the man himself, revealing something of his personality and the origins of his musical ideas. Reich talks with candour and humour and about his life and musical development. The second and third parts deal with how the music became accessible to a wider audience and its relationship to the contemporary music scene. The film covers Reich’s work over the last twenty years from the early tape pieces to recent orchestral work, with extracts from concerts filmed in England and New York. Music extracts include: Pendulum Music (1968); Four Organs (1970;) Drumming Parts! & 3 (1971); Clapping Music (1972);Vermont Counterpoint (1982); Sextet (1985); New York Counterpoint (1985).
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 1987
- Subjects
- Music
- Keywords
- music - contemporary; Minimalism; Reich, Steve
Credits
- Director
- Margaret Williams
- Producer
- Mary Jane Walsh
- Contributor
- Michael Tilson Thomas; Ransom Wilson; Richard Stoltzman; Steve Reich
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £50.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 56 minutes
- Year
- 2012
Production Company
- Name
MJW Productions
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council of Great Britain
- Phone
- 020 7973 6455
- Fax
- 020 7973 6581
- Address
- London
SW1P 3NG
Distributor
- Name
Concord Media
- sales@concordmedia.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01473 726 012
- Address
- Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG - Notes
- A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.
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