Can we just all acknowledge how remarkably switched-on and youthful Steve Reich appears in this interview- the man's 87!!!!
@Kilpeck913 ай бұрын
He is! The man’s a marvel…
@ukdavepianomanАй бұрын
It's incredible. He is as lucid now as he was 20, 30, 40 years ago.
@musicnerd910018 күн бұрын
His music always makes me feel comfortable. I think he should keep on spreading his amusing anecdotes online as long as he lives since we enjoy listening to them.
@ukdavepianomanАй бұрын
One of my absolute favourite composers - hard to believe that the same man wrote "It's gonna rain", Different Trains, Desert Music...and Music for 18 Musicians, You Are Variations, various Counterpoint works. Mr. Reich has really evolved his art. I can't believe Steve Reich is 87 here! Wonderful interview with great questions.
@AlbertGenower29 күн бұрын
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video :)
@dbadagnaАй бұрын
In light of our current predicament, this line from the text of "The Desert Music" always stuck with me: "Man has survived hitherto because he was too ignorant to know how to realize his wishes. Now that he can realize them, he must either change them or perish." --William Carlos Williams
@AlbertGenowerАй бұрын
Very true. That quote reminds me of another, from the writer in Tarkovsky's Stalker. "My conscience wants vegetarianism to win over the world. And my subconscious is yearning for a piece of juicy meat. But what do I want?"
@lornapark23083 ай бұрын
Great work Albert. Love how it flows. You clearly know your stuff, I could see this on a BBC Arts programme.
@TiredOcean3 ай бұрын
Awesome interview! I love what I've heard of Reich's music and this just makes me want to listen to more - both his music and others he's mentioned. Africa/Brass sounds particularly interesting.
@sophiewarner65863 ай бұрын
Bert this is incredible !! perfect questions for such an interesting man = wonderful interview !!
@neilgenower99503 ай бұрын
Great stuff. Really interesting to hear Steve Reich's inside knowledge of his work.
@Katie_J083 ай бұрын
It's annoying that this is genuinely just really good, congrats! :D
@jangen50303 ай бұрын
Brilliant video Albert! A fantastic piece of work about the great Steve Reich.
@lamonttelford3 ай бұрын
Phenomenal video and engaging interview, locomotive. Proud of you 😘
@AlbertGenower3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Tom!
@Kilpeck913 ай бұрын
Lovely interview Albert. On to a new level! ❤
@AlbertGenower3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@inna716Ай бұрын
love the man
@anthonymccarthy416426 күн бұрын
I don't think there were all that many driven out of concert halls by Babbitt et al because their music wasn't played all that often. If you look at what was being programmed during that period it accounted for a tiny amount of the music being scheduled for playing.
@AlbertGenower13 күн бұрын
I mean that's true, though I think it was more about the zeitgeist of contemporary composition not appealing to many people. People still went and listened to the old classics as they do now, true, but show anyone not interested in experimental music Babbitt and they'll respond the same way anyone not interested in art does to Pollock or White on White.
@donovick2 ай бұрын
Good!
@AlbertGenower2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@zephyrcharles-moss95553 ай бұрын
Awesome vid bert ❤❤❤
@AlbertGenower3 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@martinhsl68hwАй бұрын
Marvellous!
@AlbertGenowerАй бұрын
Thank you!
@RaccoonEatingCactiАй бұрын
38:52?
@AlbertGenowerАй бұрын
A little audio problem there-I said that I had heard suggestions that 94.2 was a reference to 1942 and the Wannsee Conference.
@RaccoonEatingCactiАй бұрын
@@AlbertGenower Thank you for the clarification. Great interview by the way, it was fascinating to hear Steve Reich talk about his intentions behind his artistic choices.