Peace at last: The picture we’ve been wanting to see for 30 years
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Philip Glass greets Steve Reich at BAM, each with an arm around arts promoter Harvey Lichtenstein.
It has been three decades since the two composers last spoke.
Neither can probably remember the cause of their rupture.
Here’s how they looked before.
Apparently the conversation was:
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hello, Steve
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Hi, Phil
Howya been?
Howya been?
Howya been?
Howya been?
Howya been?
Howya been?
Howya been?
Howya been?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
Fine, you?
(da capo)
Excellent. A more musically accurate transcription of the first exchange might look like this:
Hello, Steve
Heeeellooo, Steeve
Heello, Steeveeee
Hellooooo, Steeve
Heeello, Steeeeeve
Heellooo, Steveee
Hello, Steve
Heelloee, Steeve
Hi, PhilHi, PhilHi, Phi
lHi, PhilHi, PhilHi, Ph
ilHi, PhilHi, PhilHi, P
hilHi, PhilHi, PhilHi,
PhilHi, PhilHi, PhilHi,
, PhilHi, Phil Hi, PhilH
Hi, PhilHi, Phil Hi, etc.
I’m not a fan of Glass’ “music”, and Reich has seen better days, but I’m glad that they’ve patched things up. Wonder what it was that kept them at odds for so long?