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Steve* Reich. IMO, an excellent first listen would be Tehillim. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaTvR9sFX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaTvR9sFX

Steve* Reich. IMO, an excellent first listen would be Tehillim. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaTvR9sFX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaTvR9sFX8

okareaman 6y ago
Steve* thanks fixed it. My intro was Different Trains. I think his 9/11 piece is the best art to come out of that tragic event. Steve Reich - Different Trains (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4Bjt_zVJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4Bjt_zVJc Proverb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lgAUHVFC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lgAUHVFC4 Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 I. 9/11 Kronos Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhTkOMue70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhTkOMue70
- WorldMaker 6y ago
  Different Trains can be incredibly powerful live. A local to me collective of musicians put together somewhat recently (last year around this time, or perhaps the year before) a small show that involved both Different Trains and Terry Riley's In C with local compositions in between. It was a powerful evening for the small audience (myself included) that was there to appreciate it. (ETA: Must have been two years ago as other memories flit in. That was an interesting year too because it was a year I saw two very different live versions of In C, which seems unusual to have occur twice in the same year.)
PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago
IMO, there's really no good first listen for Reich's work. You might love or hate "Come Out" or "It's Gonna Rain", and hate or love "Different Trains". You might be entranced or utterly bored by "Six Marimbas" but be disinterested or engaged by "Music For Ensemble and Orchestra". etc. etc. Best to plan on diving in about once a decade and see if you like what he was doing then. My suggestions would be: 60s: Come out 70s: Music for 18 Musicians 80s: Tehillim 90s: Different Trains 00s: Double Sextet 10s: Reich/Richter Personally, I'm a huge fan of his phase-shifting work, so for me the keys works would be: Six Pianos / Six Marimbas Clapping Music Music For 18 Musicians Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ Drumming There are also some very "pretty" ensemble orchestral works: Sextet Desert Music and then ... so much more! For the adventurous, also check out the album "Shift" by Chris Hughes: renderings of various early Reich works (or ideas) using totally different timbres.
Mediterraneo10 6y ago
While a fine piece, Tehillim is by Reich’s own admission not very representative of his work.
- AndrewUnmuted 6y ago
  That's kind of why I recommend it. One's first experience with a composer should be their most accessible work, IMO. Those who have not heard Reich have not heard a lot of western art music, most likely. I went with the piece that is closest in form and style to the popular music of our time. I apologize to other users here, for not having made that more clear in my post.

Steve* Reich. IMO, an excellent first listen would be Tehillim. [0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaTvR9sFX8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiaTvR9sFX8

okareaman 6y ago

Steve* thanks fixed it. My intro was Different Trains. I think his 9/11 piece is the best art to come out of that tragic event. Steve Reich - Different Trains (Part 1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4Bjt_zVJc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E4Bjt_zVJc Proverb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lgAUHVFC4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5lgAUHVFC4 Steve Reich: WTC 9/11 I. 9/11 Kronos Quartet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhTkOMue70 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWhTkOMue70

WorldMaker 6y ago
Different Trains can be incredibly powerful live. A local to me collective of musicians put together somewhat recently (last year around this time, or perhaps the year before) a small show that involved both Different Trains and Terry Riley's In C with local compositions in between. It was a powerful evening for the small audience (myself included) that was there to appreciate it. (ETA: Must have been two years ago as other memories flit in. That was an interesting year too because it was a year I saw two very different live versions of In C, which seems unusual to have occur twice in the same year.)

PaulDavisThe1st 6y ago

IMO, there's really no good first listen for Reich's work. You might love or hate "Come Out" or "It's Gonna Rain", and hate or love "Different Trains". You might be entranced or utterly bored by "Six Marimbas" but be disinterested or engaged by "Music For Ensemble and Orchestra". etc. etc. Best to plan on diving in about once a decade and see if you like what he was doing then. My suggestions would be: 60s: Come out 70s: Music for 18 Musicians 80s: Tehillim 90s: Different Trains 00s: Double Sextet 10s: Reich/Richter Personally, I'm a huge fan of his phase-shifting work, so for me the keys works would be: Six Pianos / Six Marimbas Clapping Music Music For 18 Musicians Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ Drumming There are also some very "pretty" ensemble orchestral works: Sextet Desert Music and then ... so much more! For the adventurous, also check out the album "Shift" by Chris Hughes: renderings of various early Reich works (or ideas) using totally different timbres.

Mediterraneo10 6y ago

While a fine piece, Tehillim is by Reich’s own admission not very representative of his work.

AndrewUnmuted 6y ago
That's kind of why I recommend it. One's first experience with a composer should be their most accessible work, IMO. Those who have not heard Reich have not heard a lot of western art music, most likely. I went with the piece that is closest in form and style to the popular music of our time. I apologize to other users here, for not having made that more clear in my post.