Steve Reich is Composer of the Week this week at BBC Radio 3. Tune in all week to hear interviews with and music by Reich, including the British radio premiere of his 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet. The Detroit Free Press gives Reich's new Double Sextet / 2x5 album a perfect four stars in an article that looks at music chosen for the Pulitzer and finds that "recent juries have rewarded some terrific pieces worthy of the acclaim."
Steve Reich is Composer of the Week this week at BBC Radio 3. Tune in to BBC Radio 3 all this week at noon and 10 PM BST to hear interviews with and music by Reich, including the British radio premiere of his 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet on this Friday's culminating episode. Listen in online at bbc.co.uk.
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Double Sextet is paired with 2x5 on Reich's latest Nonesuch release, to which the Detroit Free Press gives four out of four stars. The album is the subject of an article by Free Press music critic Mark Stryker that takes a look at music chosen for the Pulitzer and finds that "recent juries have rewarded some terrific pieces worthy of the acclaim," pieces that, as with Double Sextet, "are represented on strong new recordings."
Stryker says that, while Reich may now be considered "an establishment figure, Double Sextet still gives off a hip, alternative vibe." The piece features "head-bobbing rhythms" and "undulating melodies" in places; elsewhere, "a beguiling soulfulness emerges from the yearning, modal harmony and prayerful melody." Stryker describes eighth blackbird, which commissioned the piece and performs it on the album, "vibrant interpreters."
Read the complete four-star review and article at freep.com.
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The new album's other piece, 2x5, is still open for remix at Indaba Music. Remixers can visit Indaba Music to create their own version of the third movement of 2x5 till November 9, at which point the selection process begins. Enter now at indabamusic.com.
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To pick up a copy of Double Sextet / 2x5 or any of the albums in the Nonesuch Reich catalog, visit the Nonesuch Store.
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