Next time you applaud care workers…
main…. put on a performance of Steve Reich’s Clapping Music.
Take your cue from conductor David Robertson and his wife, pianist Orli Shaham.
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Love it! Especially Orli Shaham’s adorable last moments on the clip.
This is hilarious, amazing! The funniest thing I’ve seen today, thanks!
In full agreement with the message. A typical Steve Reich music, some love it, some like myself absolutely cannot stand it. I dislike it even more than the music of Philip Glass.
It’s not music, it’s clapping. But finally some reason to perform it.
Since when did percussive sounds – however derived – cease to be considered musical?
At an all-Reich concert at some obscure summer lakeside festival in the Salzkammergut about 15 years ago, the composer performed this with a colleague. Personally, I’d rather hear all three movements of John Cage’s 4′33″.
Yes, – the 2nd mvt especially is very interesting. It is, however, not always well performed.
She’s the sister of violinist Gil Shaham
Makes more sense with the score
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzkOFJMI5i8
In other words, looking at the score is more interesting than listening to the piece. Personally, I prefer music in which the reverse is true.
Dear Maestro, thank you, wonderful music!!