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Film ID | ACE169 |
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Title | Steve Reich. A new musical language |
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Date | 1987 |
Director | Margaret Williams |
Production Company | MJW Productions |
Synopsis | The work of American composer, Steve Reich (b.1936), a pioneer of minimalism and process music. |
Minutes | 56 min |
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Full synopsis |
ACE169.2 (00:00:00 - 00:09:13) New York Counterpoint (1985) playing over New York scenes intercut with shots of Steve Reich in rehearsal walking in the street. Reich’s VO gives basic biographical details. Reich in interview talking about studying percussion; Professor William Austin encouraged him to become a composer. Reich VO over shots of himself at rehearsal talking about working with Hall Overton, and going to the Julliard School where his percussion work took second place to classical studies. Michael Tilson Thomas talking about the “joyous quality” of Reich’s music, and having to think about the notes in different ways. Richard Stoltzman playing New York Counterpoint. Talking about the repetitive nature of the piece which he grew to like. Stoltzman playing. Four Organs (1970) being performed in the Union Chapel, Islington. Reich’s VO talking briefly about this work. Tilson Thomas talking about the first performance in Boston, where the audience began to protest and he and Reich had to mouth timings at each other above the noise. ACE169.3 (00:09:13 - 00:20:53) ACE169.4 (00:20:53 - 00:27:50) ACE169.5 (00:27:50 - 00:34:48) ACE169.6 (00:34:48 - 00:47:40) ACE169.7 (00:47:40 - 00:55:55) |
Full credits | Filmed in part at Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, and The Almeida International Festival of Contemporary Music and Performance. Musicians – USA: Rebecca Armstrong, Robert Becker, Cheryl Bensman, Virgil Blackwell, Phillip Bush, Jay Clayton, Garry Kvistad, Russell Hartenberger, Melissa Meell, Edmund Niemann, James Press, Steve Reich, Richard Rood, Gary Schall, Mort Silver, Nurit Tilles, Glen Velez, Pamela Wood Ambush; Musicians – UK: Tim Ferchen, Simon Limbrick, David Owen, Glen Perrin Charlie Seaward, Shaun Tozer. The Desert Music © 1985 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records; Conductor, Michael Tilson Thomas, Steve Reich and Musicians with Chorus and members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Text, William Carlos Williams. Archive material courtesy of Michael Blackwood Productions. Special thanks to Beryl Korot, Ezra Reich, Olga Bloom, John Burrows, Adrian Clarke, Elizabeth Collett, John Doff, Sheila Ditchfield, John Ellson, James Fawcett Lyn Garon, Rhoda Grauer, Nigel Hinds, Bob Hurwitz, Annette Morreau, Michael Nyman, Gregory Rose, Andrew Rosner Rachel Sinfield, Richard Stoltzman, Janis Susskind, Michael Tilson Thomas, Roberta Lynn Tross, Ransom Wilson, Applewood Music Inc., The Arnolfini, Bargemusic, Boosey & Hawkes, EMAS, Film & TV Lighting, US Coastguard, Victoria Rooms, Bristol, World Trade Center, British Film Institute, Contemporary Music Network (UK), Filmatic Laboratories, Fuji Photo Film (UK) Ltd., Mayor’s Office for Film Theater & Broadcasting, New York. Camera Operators Patrick Ducal, Brian Grainger, Geraldo Saldo. Sound Recordists Jerry Bruck, John Clifton, Jeff Hawkins, Simon Hayter. Assistant Director Robin Kempson. Camera Assistants Armand Evans, Peter Fernberger, Jeremy Reid; Sound Assistant John Rodda; Graphic Designer David Rait; Sound Editor Li Guy; Dubbing Mixer Aad Wirtz; Lighting Cameraman Chris O’Dell; Film Editor Paul Davies; Executive Producer Rodney Wilson; Producer Mary Jane Walsh; Director Margaret Williams. Produced by MJW Productions for the Arts Council of Great Britain in association with WNET/Thirteen, New York. © Arts Council of Great Britain 1987. |
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ACE169.2 (00:00:00 - 00:09:13) ACE169.3 (00:09:13 - 00:20:53) ACE169.4 (00:20:53 - 00:27:50) ACE169.5 (00:27:50 - 00:34:48) ACE169.6 (00:34:48 - 00:47:40) ACE169.7 (00:47:40 - 00:55:55) |
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