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jeudi Cité de la musique n0 24 septembre et de la danse 15 19 h 30 Un musicien des temps modernes Acteur essentiel du courant minimaliste américain, Steve Reich © W. Bergmann a réintroduit la tonalité dans le langage contemporain, réconciliant music’arte ainsi, grâce aussi à la pulsation, musiques savante et populaire. En héritier du génie typiquement sa musique dégage une profonde Henry, ses partitions étant remixées steve reich américain – le melting-pot, qui brasse jubilation, même quand elle évoque des par Coldcut, Andrea Parker, Mantronix, les genres et les styles, et où s’illustrèrent thèmes graves, parfois tirés de l’actualité : Nobukazu Takemura ou DJ Spooky. ses augustes aînés : Charles Ives, George Different Trains, The Cave, Three Tales, une soirée en deux parties en collaboration avec arte Gershwin ou Leonard Bernstein –, Daniel Variations. Qu’il associe de manière inédite le jeune Steve Reich est tout autant une musique instrumentale entraînée impressionné par le chant d’Ella Fitzgerald Si, à ses débuts, il éprouve la nécessité par le mouvement des voix parlées 1/ Film en avant première Drumming Synthèse entre héritage et renouvellement des formes, et d’Alfred Deller, que par Bach, de créer son propre ensemble afin d’obtenir ou le rythme lancinant d’un train Steve Reich, un portrait (2009) / 60’ Music for 18 Musicians Auteurs, Franck Mallet, Éric Darmon et ont fondé la notoriété du compositeur Stravinsky et le jazz de Miles Davis, une exécution optimale de ses partitions (Different Trains), ou qu’il reprenne à son Réalisation, Éric Darmon américain. Steve Reich est à Strasbourg, avec l’Ensemble Modern, Kenny Clarke ou John Coltrane. – Steve Reich (percussions et / ou piano) compte le flot ininterrompu d’images pour interpréter ses deux chefs-d’œuvre des années soixante-dix. and Musicians –, dès la fin des années télévisuelles pour les détourner et créer Coproduction Mémoire Magnétique Productions / ARTE France Ancien batteur passé à la composition, soixante-dix, des formations européennes un nouveau genre de théâtre musical Marqué par son apprentissage pour renouveler l’écoute, selon l’endroit il se passionne pour les percussions adoptent sa musique et offrent désormais enrichi de sources documentaires du Ghana et de Bali. Au tournant de nouvelles interprétations, approuvées enregistrées en vidéo (avec Beryl Korot, 2/ Concert des percussions africaines au Ghana où se fixe l’oreille de l’auditeur. Ensemble Modern durant l’été 1970, Steve Reich compose des années 70, ses premières partitions par le compositeur, de l’Ensemble The Cave et Three Tales), Steve Reich Synergy Vocals (Music for 18 Musicians) Drumming en 1970-71, enregistrée Music for 18 Musicians, composée entre s’inscrivent dans un courant minimaliste Modern à l’intercontemporain, d’Ictus instaure une distance poétique 1 Clavier et percussion, Steve Reich l’année même pour la prestigieuse 1974 et 1976, approfondit l’exploration qui s’oppose au néo-classicisme en vogue au London Symphony Orchestra. par rapport à l’Histoire. Le lyrisme Son, Norbert Ommer maison Deutsche Grammophon. des phases et poursuit la répétition comme à l’austérité du sérialisme : de sa dramaturgie suggère un envoûtement It’s gonna rain, Come out, Piano phase, Four Avec Different Trains et City Life, où est utilisé cinématographique, un quotidien Steve Reich des formes grâce à une nouvelle Drumming Part I (1970-71) / 17’ C’est sans aucun doute sa première œuvre instrumentation très originale : un violon, organs. Après s’être appuyé sur le déphasage de façon originale le clavier échantillonneur transcendé. Music for 18 Musicians (1974-76) / 58’ majeure. Écrite pour quatre paires un violoncelle, deux clarinettes, quatre voix progressif de brèves cellules mélodiques (jusque-là réservé à la pop), il capte Franck Mallet de bongos accordés, Drumming Part I féminines, quatre pianos, trois marimbas, (pour voix ou effectif restreint), le musicien de nouveaux auditoires. Ainsi devient-il Fin de la soirée : 22 h 30 intensifie les rapports de timbres au sein une figure tutélaire et libératrice pour illustre parfaitement le concept de deux xylophones et un métallophone. 1/ La liste est impressionnante, des Hongrois d’Amadinda Avec le soutien du French American Fund musique de « phases ». Dans ce premier Fondée sur l’énergie et la pulsation d’ensembles plus étoffés — son œuvre une jeune génération de compositeurs, aux Français de l’intercontemporain, de l’Orchestre de Basse- for Contemporary Music développe une harmonie claire et d’une née à l’orée des années soixante et qui n’a Normandie et de l’Orchestre national de Lyon, des Allemands mouvement par exemple, un motif rythmique des pianos et des percussions, des ensembles Modern et Avantgarde aux Britanniques rythmique exploité par un premier bongo Music for 18 Musicians invente un rythme appréhension plus immédiate pour pas subi le dogme sériel – Régis Campo, de la London Sinfonietta, du BBC Symphony Orchestra, l’auditeur, qui peut suivre en permanence Thierry Pécou, François Ribac, David du London Symphony Orchestra et du Duke Quartet, est repris par un deuxième qui le décale nouveau, qui mime la respiration humaine. des Belges d’Ictus aux Italiens du Contempoartensemble, progressivement, comme dans un canon, les éléments rythmiques et harmoniques, Lang, Michael Gordon… – mais aussi d’Ars Ludi, à l’ensemble Nextime et au Quartetto Prometeo, pour sensiblement le modifier jusqu’à À Musica, Steve Reich sera, avec leur transformation, leur métamorphose : l’une des sources d’inspiration des scènes en passant par les Néerlandais du Schönberg Ensemble. épuisement des combinaisons possibles. les musiciens de l’Ensemble Modern, Music for 18 Musicians, Tehillim, The Desert techno et électro. Pour preuve, l’album Puis, le troisième et quatrième bongos l’interprète de sa propre musique. Music. Tournée vers la transcendance et Reich Remixed paru en 1999, avec lequel déstabilisent la précision de la perception Un événement rare. modelée dans une forme incantatoire, l’Américain devient l’égal d’un Pierre 40 41.
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