Reich - Tehillim - Complete (Official Score Video)

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B&H Study Score Video Series: Listen and follow along with the publisher's score of Steve Reich's "Tehillim."
This 1981 work draws its title from the Hebrew word for "Psalms" and is one of several pieces in which Reich turns to his Jewish faith for inspiration. Tehillim is a setting of Psalms 19:2-5 (19:1-4 in Christian translations), 34:13-15 (34:12-14 in Christian translations), 18:26-27 (18:25-26 in Christian translations) and 150:4-6. It marks the first time since his student days that Reich set text to music. In his program note, Reich discussed the text setting, writing: "One of the reasons I chose to set Psalms as opposed to parts of the Torah or Prophets is that the oral tradition among Jews in the West for singing Psalms has been lost. (It has been maintained by Yemenite Jews.) This meant that I was free to compose the melodies for Tehillim without a living oral tradition to either imitate or ignore."
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Cette oeuvre de 1981, dont le titre vient de la traduction Hébreuse pour "psaumes", est l'une des nombreuses pièces pour lesquelles Reich puise son inspiration de sa foi Juive. Tehilim est un ensemble de psaumes 19:2-5 (19:1-4 dans les traductions chrétiennes, 34:13-15 (34:12-14 dans les traductions chrétiennes), 18:26-27 (18:25-26 dans les traductions chrétiennes) et 150:4-6. C'est la première fois depuis ses années d'étudiant que Reich mets du texte en musique. Dans ses notes, Reich parle de [l'agencement] du texte : "L'une des raisons pour laquelle j'ai choisi des Psaumes au lieu de passages de la Torah ou des Prophètes est que la tradition orale de chanter les Psaumes chez les Juifs à été perdue (tradition maintenue par les Juifs Yemenites). Cela signifie que j'étais libre de composer les mélodies de Tehilim sans avoir à imiter ou ignorer une tradition orale vivante."
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00:03 Part I
11:50 Part II
17:46 Part III
24:05 Part IV
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Recording:
Tehillim
Composed by Steve Reich
Performed by Steve Reich and Musicians
Conducted by George Manahan
Courtesy of ECM Records
Album available here: www.amazon.com/Steve-Reich-Te...
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@BooseyHawkes Жыл бұрын

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@karlamsterdam983 3 жыл бұрын

i remember hearing this during a winter night at a frozen lake. it was snowing heavily, white soft blankets everywhere, the black sky, silence and these voices burned forever in my head

@dimian.86 3 жыл бұрын

My teacher at the time (Georges-Elie Octors) told me that this was the hardest piece of music he had to conduct...Amazingly beautiful and difficult at the same time

@Mikey-qe5zn 3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard that 4 voice cycle, I thought I was hearing music from another world.

@JennyNunemacher 3 жыл бұрын

OMG you cannot have ads in the middle of a musical piece.

@locodooms 3 жыл бұрын

ad block please

@borp6912 2 жыл бұрын

The antithesis of creative expression

@nickjones6843 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%. Feels like greed

@MaxIsBackInTown 2 жыл бұрын

That’s why you buy KZfaq premium

@crescentsi 2 жыл бұрын

KZfaq philistines!

@ronenshai5246 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve Reich and the inspiration that touched you for this holy masterpiece!

@paulmahoux 5 ай бұрын

1975-1985 is my favorite Steve Reich era and Tehillim is impressively beautiful and challenging for the performers. Thank you for this upload as i didn't realize how numerous the meter changes are. I like the idea of the triangle for 3 beats and straight line for 2 beats at the top of the score, which makes rhythm reading easier.

@asa.pankeiki 3 жыл бұрын

Hit like before playing this masterpiece! I love Reich’s music to syncopated bits!

@theghostofsmileyjunction Жыл бұрын

I can't even begin to imagine how difficult this is to sing

@largodoloroso2299 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this content! For me this is one of the pinnancle of 20th century music. In some ways, it's like synthesis of all great masterpiece by Bach, Stravinsky, Stockhausen, Berio all way back to ancient African Drumming. Kudos to Reich & Boosey!

@mariaflauta2580 3 жыл бұрын

thanks so much for uploading the score! great!!!! this was love at first heard 20 years ago!!

@mimiseton 6 ай бұрын

One of my favorite pieces of music - part of my own musical formation way back when. Probably influenced my own composing more than any other piece.

@guscairns1 Жыл бұрын

I didn't like this as much as other music he was composing at the same time, because I wasn't used to him dealing with so much text and melody. But now it's one of my favourite pieces. It's got such joy. I love the second section, it's like a village festival with the women dancing and singing and the men walloping the drums.

@cyorgan 3 жыл бұрын

It's such a great work but Part IV and the accelerando up into is crafted oh so perfectly...

@robbyr9286 5 ай бұрын

RIP Jay Clayton, one of the voices on this.💔

@RSReffuw 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, this video for my favorite piece of music exists.

@klausbaden 3 жыл бұрын

Next year in June in Freiburg and Basel!

@matekon2 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@azaleajanemusic 3 жыл бұрын

This piece takes me back! I bought this CD back in college, probably 2003. I love studying Reich scores and playing his pieces! I can't imagine how much of a challenge this piece is to play or sing.

@m____w____6981 3 жыл бұрын

Love the lyrics !!

@betaniajohnny209 3 жыл бұрын

This is so cool !!!

@francoisrossignol7961 Жыл бұрын

I Love this so f****** much !!

@meunokiac3 3 жыл бұрын

VIBE

@furzebird 3 жыл бұрын

If I am in ITU please play this to me, the most exciting and wonderful piece, and I will spring into life again❤️

@mrJohnDesiderio 7 ай бұрын

Pure genius

@asliuf 14 күн бұрын

hallelujah!

@marshallartz395 3 жыл бұрын

Masterpiece! ‘Nuf said. 😎🎹

@miketacos9034 10 ай бұрын

I wish it were longer

@JohnnyBeeDawg 3 жыл бұрын

First Circle!

@birgitbofarull4410 3 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to read the percussion notation. Any clues? Much appreciated.

@colinmdrum 3 жыл бұрын

Might be super late to answer you here, but the first movement is for clapping (x's) and tuned tamborims (small handheld brazilian drum), and maracas (top line). Each tamborim is played by one person. Third and fourth parts use vibraphones, marimbas, and crotales in addition to those instruments. Hopefully that's what you were looking for!

@birgitbofarull4410 3 жыл бұрын

@@colinmdrum much appreciated Colin! I am studying this piece every day, so never too late.

@SteveWang251 3 жыл бұрын

@@colinmdrum Do you know what the triangles and vertical lines mean? I'm not familiar with this notation.

@colinmdrum 3 жыл бұрын

@@SteveWang251 Yes! That’s actually just a short hand for the conductor and/or players to help keep track of rhythmic groupings. Basically: triangle=three eighth notes, line=two eighth notes.

@SteveWang251 3 жыл бұрын

@@colinmdrum Thanks! I would not have guessed that, but I can certainly see how that would be useful in music with such constantly changing time signatures.

@Pious888 2 жыл бұрын

🕎

@Scriabinfan593 3 жыл бұрын

The amount of focus it must take to sing these parts must be very demanding.

@klausbaden 3 жыл бұрын

You have to study it step by step. Start in a slow tempo and always conduct yourself. You should be rhythmic very stabil and confident. The notes are very easy to learn. But you have to be very precisely. It written for voices which are singing normally old music without vibrato. Reich hates vibrato of voices generally.

@lisarainsong 3 жыл бұрын

I was one of the four vocalists who performed this with the Cleveland Chamber Symphony new music ensemble in the 1990s and it took incredible concentration - but it was thrilling!

@Scriabinfan593 3 жыл бұрын

@@lisarainsong That's really cool, and yeah Steve Reich pieces take a lot of concentration to perform.

@klausbaden 3 жыл бұрын

@@lisarainsong Could I ask you about the demands of singing in Tehillim something? Perhaps in a pm? I will conduct it three times end of May....

@lisarainsong 3 жыл бұрын

@@klausbaden It's about the counting, which not all singers are good at (as you likely know). We rehearsed separately as a quartet until we were sure of the voice part interactions. That was invaluable. If the quartet is solid, they can be relatively fearless when they're first combined with the rest of the ensemble. Straight tone is required, and each singer needs to be on mic to make that feasible. Good luck - it's a wonderful work!

@user-lg8gl9xo6e 3 жыл бұрын

ژورابک ژوراف

@jrandomyo1077 2 жыл бұрын

Question. Is this the scripture in song form?

@alexisfonjallaz7237 2 жыл бұрын

It's the original Hebrew text from psalms 19, 34, 18 and 150.

@HavaRahel 2 жыл бұрын

There seems to be a correlation between the cantillation marks and the rhythm of words.

@matthewwaterman917 Жыл бұрын

@@HavaRahel Yes the piece was partly inspired by Steve Reich's study of Hebrew cantillation.

@AlphaScorpii86 3 жыл бұрын

There’s not enough triangle in this.

@randyhutton9371 Жыл бұрын

Don't you mean cowbell?

@farazmohsenian7928 Жыл бұрын

What language are they singing in?

@ethanbehr723 Жыл бұрын

Hebrew

@agusmeder 2 жыл бұрын

What the triangles mean?

@antonvonsehrwald 2 жыл бұрын

They indicate duple and triple rhythmic groupings. A line represents two eighth notes and a triangle represents three. It helps the musicians stay in time and get a sense of where the rhythmic emphasis should be

@agusmeder 2 жыл бұрын

@@antonvonsehrwald Thanks!!!

@nomesev8734 Жыл бұрын

Steve Reich - Tehillim

@MarcoInchingolo83 3 жыл бұрын

@kewencheng8674 2 жыл бұрын

Part II 11:49 Part III 17:45 Part IV 24:03

@reimalmancellari Жыл бұрын

björk brought me here

@ricardahermann9348 3 жыл бұрын

@lukasdonald1639 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but this music deserves a far better performance and recording than this! The singing is so slippery, the tempo makes it feel like a race to the finish from the get go and the mix is totally wrong. The original ECM performance and recording, being Reichs own ensemble, should surely set the standard? Yet this is way off that. So strange.

@Leo-mu8kn Жыл бұрын

go record it yourself then

@lukasdonald1639 Жыл бұрын

@Leo not saying it's easy