Six Marimbas - Steve Reich

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2012
  • Steve Reich's Six Marimbas from my final undergraduate recital at Mcgill University.
    Performed by: Colin Van de Reep, Noam Bierstone, Sandro Valiante, Mark Morton, Ben Reimer and Ben Duinker.
    Recorded by Denis Martin.
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  • @VACNZ
    @VACNZ 9 ปีที่แล้ว +265

    I've listened to this piece for 20 years and it's so nice to see it actually performed. My kids thought I was crazy but when Drum and Bass came along they finally understood.

    • @palindrome.
      @palindrome. 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Michael Colonna Are you sure you don't mean 20 minutes?
      Trolls aside, yeah, there aren't enough people who appreciate this genre these days.

    • @tomdissonance
      @tomdissonance 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Michael Colonna what an ace connection

    • @VACNZ
      @VACNZ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +tomdissonance Thanks Tom

    • @marcusthisisnotmylastname4493
      @marcusthisisnotmylastname4493 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Semordnilap Reknits I love this, "music for 18 musicians" and other stuff like it. What genre is this? Minimalist?
      I haven't been able to pin the genre down.

    • @VACNZ
      @VACNZ 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi Marcus, It's called Minimal Music.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal_music

  • @dennisholcomb7461
    @dennisholcomb7461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I listened to this many times over many years. I love the sound. It is like flowing water. I can’t imagine how difficult this is to perform.

  • @EffemeyJon
    @EffemeyJon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +203

    I know a pro musician that has played Reich in performance. Repeating a phase for many bars then taking say 23 bars rest! Frightening concentration is needed to play his stuff well. These undergrads manage it really well!

    • @christianfriisjensen2055
      @christianfriisjensen2055 10 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      My thoughts exactly. Any old douche can get up and do the squealy thing on the electric guitar and wing it from there, but this.... This takes fucking focus.

    • @Stratmanable
      @Stratmanable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And any young douche can tell you about what any old douche can do....

    • @papi1050
      @papi1050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Christian Friis Jensen
      No...
      Yes it is hard to play this music, but to play electric guitar (or any instrument) well takes a lot of skill
      Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't take skill to create

    • @blakestech
      @blakestech 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's extremely difficult, if one marimba change the rythym slighlty in one bar...

    • @studamanduncan9728
      @studamanduncan9728 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They all end up in care homes too frightened to order cocoa.

  • @kummer45
    @kummer45 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When you hear other instruments like a bass and drums into this NOT FOUND IN STAGE then you realize that such piece is simply magical.

  • @BoobenHunt
    @BoobenHunt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    just two hands and a floating head playing back right

  • @daniel3231995
    @daniel3231995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Reich is a genius possibly bordering on Bach in polyrhythmic innovation. I have enjoyed music, but not immediately entranced and sedated to it. I've only discovered him last year and since then I've been mesmerized. His music seems more relevant today in our cluttered, noisy existence. Minimalist works in general too including Richter and Glass provide an alternate space of clarity in music and an idea of different spatial realities as opposed to the constant angst and emotion characteristic in romantic works that is too human-centered in my opinion and to which I now prefer.

  • @Planet360YT
    @Planet360YT 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Legend has it they’re still playing those marimbas to this day

  • @egapnala65
    @egapnala65 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    What I love most is coming into a room and hearing the same piece seemingly played from a totally different angle until it slowly gets "back in synch".

  • @Mousy677
    @Mousy677 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    this really delivered on the promises of its title

  • @teallouise
    @teallouise 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    THIS IS WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF.

  • @rozeststella6450
    @rozeststella6450 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    この曲は、まるで降り続く雨の音を聞いているかのように、瞑想状態の心地よさを味わえます。This song puts you in a meditative state, as if you were listening to the sound of rain falling.
    同じフレーズが一定時間続くかと思えば、小さな変化が時々起こり、変化が次の変化を呼び覚ます様子は、自然界の様相さながらのように思えます。It seems like the same phrase continues for a certain amount of time, but small changes occur from time to time, and each change evokes the next change, just like in the natural world.

  • @gregs300
    @gregs300 10 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Who cares about the technique or the tempo, the sound is amazing. These guys have worked dead hard and done themselves proud. This performance is something to aspire to!

  • @ronwalker4849
    @ronwalker4849 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I LOVE THE SOUND OF THESE MARIMBAS. SOMETHING PRIMITIVE YET PURE AND VIRGIN. LIKE PHILIP GLASS IT ALWAYS HAS NEW ENERGY THROUGH THE NOTES SEEM TO REPEAT.

  • @zmakila1101
    @zmakila1101 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I come back and listen to this often. It's I think my favorite performance of Six Marimbas I've come across. You all have a strong understanding of the dynamics and how to work together within dynamic ranges. The (very occasional) mistakes make it more real to me. Such a fabulous job! Makes me think of my time in music school, and I wish that our faculty had been as interested in letting us do pieces like this!

  • @m____w____6981
    @m____w____6981 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I composed a masterwork entitled "Music for 7,654, 321 Marimbas and 1 accordion".
    While this may be the greatest composition in history, we are still clearing a Brazilian rainforest to construct the marimbas before it can be heard.

  • @aidangould830
    @aidangould830 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love how every rhythm starts and then proceeds to continuously go though modified sequence after another until the entire rhythmic pattern has changed into a completely new melody and phrase.

  • @andrewporter9908
    @andrewporter9908 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just love this presentation. Listened many times.

  • @nancyburridge
    @nancyburridge 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Fantastic performance here! What sound! Amazing concentration and skill is shown!
    APPLAUSE! I just found this accidentally and couldn't tear myself away!
    I enjoyed this very much!

    • @saltydog947
      @saltydog947 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly the same! I put on some Philip Glass while I was working on something, then TH-cam carried on with this. I would NEVER have chosen it myself. Now I've favourited it and will wear it out, I don't doubt. Wonderfully exciting new sounds.

  • @heatheralmiklafi8193
    @heatheralmiklafi8193 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is AMAZING! I used to play this instrument! Actually forgot how versatile the sound is and how naturally rhythmic it is. I am truly glad someone is still playing this!

  • @ivammorrisonduarte9941
    @ivammorrisonduarte9941 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Steve Reich is such a genius :D

  • @EyeLean5280
    @EyeLean5280 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks so much for sharing this, it's truly lovely!

  • @Charlie_L_
    @Charlie_L_ 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I could listen to this all day! i love this kinda music its nice to zone out to.

  • @valentinbruhiere4947
    @valentinbruhiere4947 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for posting this, this is incredibly well executed

  • @mikeg2924
    @mikeg2924 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What an outstanding performance!

  • @bildahome
    @bildahome 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is totaly epic, super wunderfull and never done after..

  • @crousticroc
    @crousticroc 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful piece and performance!

  • @bruceainsley8927
    @bruceainsley8927 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastic - by far the best version on TH-cam. I listen to this often whilst I am working.

  • @rickjefferson4367
    @rickjefferson4367 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of Reich's finest compositions. As an amazed fellow Canadian, I applaud your performances at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec!

  • @kathryndeleonable
    @kathryndeleonable 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    one of my favourite Steve Reich pieces, a beautiful performance.

  • @StamerStreet
    @StamerStreet 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful! Thanks for posting this lovely performance. Good luck with your music

  • @weinhara
    @weinhara 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THX for filming this! A relief in these contagious days. Stay healthy, fil of WH.

  • @chloe4420
    @chloe4420 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Marimbas are fascinating instruments. SO relaxing.

  • @alfonsoaraya9
    @alfonsoaraya9 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is by far the best rendition out there of this piece of music. Bravo!

  • @joannajojospooner6706
    @joannajojospooner6706 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This makes me want to learn to play the Marimba even more. Such a beautiful sound and think this is what I heard playing on the radio, only this morning. Love it !

  • @benjaminsteinmann
    @benjaminsteinmann 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome piece. Like clapping music too. Steve Reich is amazing!

  • @lewisblank9475
    @lewisblank9475 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    this performance is flawless

  • @ouidaholland8987
    @ouidaholland8987 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    pretty amazing! awesome performance. I have loved Steve Reich's Six Marimbas since the mid-90's, introduced to minimalist music by a teacher friend, Scott Smoot, in Jackson, Miss. Incredible multi-rhythms going on at the same time. Great job, guys!

  • @yfrontsguy
    @yfrontsguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing performance. Bravo!

  • @donjose4656
    @donjose4656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    J'adore ! Du grand art...Ca c'est du lourd...

  • @Leztin
    @Leztin 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Excelente, la compenetración entre la seis marimbas es, sin duda alguna, maravillosa.

  • @40frankied40
    @40frankied40 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful. well done lads.

  • @Njal55
    @Njal55 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great performance, many thanks.

  • @glassmaps
    @glassmaps 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredible.

  • @iliatilev
    @iliatilev 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mesmerizing.. ❤

  • @cbalmori
    @cbalmori 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful

  • @charmkee2825
    @charmkee2825 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like this piece of music

  • @danielquintrel1756
    @danielquintrel1756 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me dió gusto escuchar de nuevo a Steve Reich

  • @marcelafigueroa4224
    @marcelafigueroa4224 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it!!

  • @KenGLaP
    @KenGLaP 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great performance of a fascinating piece , Colin. McGill is quite a prestigious institution - you must be very proud!

  • @jamesjgregorio2622
    @jamesjgregorio2622 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nicely performed. Sound is superb.

  • @warvandal3443
    @warvandal3443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The ecstasy of repetition...... tears a rent in the very fabric of the universe!

  • @bigsteveinchargeofthesoulc4419
    @bigsteveinchargeofthesoulc4419 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stupendous......man got talent.

  • @miltongore8463
    @miltongore8463 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this!

  • @eternitypartone2832
    @eternitypartone2832 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hypnotizing!

  • @clsctv4413
    @clsctv4413 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing!

  • @steffensrensen4434
    @steffensrensen4434 ปีที่แล้ว

    Precision. Wonderful precision

  • @JesseMason
    @JesseMason 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great job!

  • @steffensrensen4434
    @steffensrensen4434 ปีที่แล้ว

    it is so wonderful Steve Reich have composed and his very talented musicians shaped...what a great fantasy buket of feelings, rememberings thoughts and experiences realized in well did music many of us can associate to him, his family, us self. Happiness in a high grade and suffering and sadness for lost family members and a lost world. And the look up and down and get the contact... a bit to eternity. Remember the past and remember the future. I love your sight to life and world, Steve

  • @joshbinkley288
    @joshbinkley288 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    THAT ONE GUY. THAT. ONE, GUY., awesome performance

  • @pricepdx
    @pricepdx 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hypnotic, thrilling.

  • @gregorypatriciaandjiyajais8819
    @gregorypatriciaandjiyajais8819 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    such joyful music

  • @sh7548
    @sh7548 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant!

  • @Hulloder
    @Hulloder ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful!!

  • @stefanblue660
    @stefanblue660 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Music from heaven

  • @tomdissonance
    @tomdissonance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice work, lads, great stuff

  • @kurodams0406
    @kurodams0406 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    この曲はライブで聞くのがよいのですね。
    This live performance is great. I noticed the beauty of this tune.

  • @lillianmagee7198
    @lillianmagee7198 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This would be a great ringtone

  • @tlatsegms
    @tlatsegms 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing✨

  • @uelivuitton9927
    @uelivuitton9927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mega schön gemacht

  • @Topplenaut
    @Topplenaut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every time I watch this, I think the dude second from the right looks like Arnold Horshack from Welcome Back Kotter.
    This is great focusing music, and does a great job of blocking out distractions and getting me in the zone for writing college papers and such. A lot of Reich's music is, in fact... Music for 18 Musicians is another favorite of mine, along with Sextet. Reich's music just kind of fades into the background, and I mostly forget it's even playing.

    • @sictoabu9611
      @sictoabu9611 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The fact that you forgot it was even playing is a good thing. For example, Minecraft - Volume Alpha, by C418. That's what makes Minecraft's soundtrack so memorable, as you forget that it was actually playing.

  • @cwrigh13
    @cwrigh13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    i wonder what this would sound like with seven marimbas?

    • @nasrosubari49
      @nasrosubari49 9 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      Court Laszlo Wright It would break the fabric of the universe.

    • @RosGameplays
      @RosGameplays 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Court Laszlo Wright There will be no world!

    • @harryandruschak2843
      @harryandruschak2843 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Court Laszlo Wright Sept-imba

    • @meangene408
      @meangene408 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +Court Laszlo Wright I'm sure in certain underground record stores or the black corners of the dark web there IS a Seven Marimbas.

    • @KenGLaP
      @KenGLaP 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +meangene408 . Definitely exits there.....or in a short story by Jorge Luis Borges......

  • @danielcescato8354
    @danielcescato8354 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    you have incredibly talented friends

  • @wadaakira99
    @wadaakira99 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Amaaaaaaaazinnnnng!

  • @mikecampbell5178
    @mikecampbell5178 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Here because of Andre 3000 he recommended Steve Reich and Philip Glass... Definitely a vibe!

    • @Angelorke
      @Angelorke 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wow, that is cool! Andre 3000 does have a very diverse taste in music and references to great musical creations are always a blessing. Enjoy! explore!

    • @sparechange714
      @sparechange714 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I heard Andre talk about Reich on Rick Ruben's podcast! I see references to Reich popping up all the time with musicians I admire. It's amazing how much influence this guy has had.

  • @dovydasgataveckas427
    @dovydasgataveckas427 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well done, indeed.

  • @PROTOPROTOMMXXIV
    @PROTOPROTOMMXXIV 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    such skill

  • @giuliofantozzi6018
    @giuliofantozzi6018 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    DAVVERO STRAORDINARIO!

  • @quieteyesrecords2044
    @quieteyesrecords2044 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i want to fall asleep with this on eternal repeat.

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You might never wake up. It's called a musical coma.

    • @MissMX
      @MissMX 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you fall asleep you certainly won't hear it on eternal repeat.

    • @HongTran-up1ct
      @HongTran-up1ct 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nhất chứ tỉnh.

  • @PaulDavidWedel
    @PaulDavidWedel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sounds great / great performance!

  • @WombieFerguson
    @WombieFerguson 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Amazing performance. Took me to another place.

    • @patrickdecaumette7055
      @patrickdecaumette7055 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Paris, don't take your ignorance too seriously...

    • @marther1000
      @marther1000 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wombie qero os istru...mentos

    • @Darrylizer1
      @Darrylizer1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tallahassee!

  • @user-74652
    @user-74652 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would really love to try to play Steve Reich's music in an ensemble some day, just for the experience.

  • @DominoesAustralia
    @DominoesAustralia 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I would just like to say that you are epic.

  • @jawmulder
    @jawmulder 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I first discovered the Six Marimbas. Someone pointed out Six Pianos to me: "It's like the mist is removed". Also beautiful, actually incomparable. I still prefer the Marimba version because of the overtones.
    Amazing performance. Thank you.

  • @DavidA-ps1qr
    @DavidA-ps1qr 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely fantastic. This must be sooooo difficult to perform. Steve Reich at his very best.

    • @rdubb77
      @rdubb77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've played the guitar version of this for 6 guitars, and Nagoya Marimbas for 2 guitars. No matter what you play it on, it is extremely difficult. It requires absolute focus, and very relaxed technique (esp. to not get a repetitive stress injury!)

  • @emilygclarinet
    @emilygclarinet 12 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very nice! I went to McGill too.

  • @francoisrossignol7961
    @francoisrossignol7961 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    these guys are thinking hard!

  • @micmilmermerv9438
    @micmilmermerv9438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Steve Reich and his creative names 👌

  • @s-lo5291
    @s-lo5291 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The ending! Wow

  • @Belfreyite
    @Belfreyite 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I like the rich, constant underlying Base Register.

    • @Stratmanable
      @Stratmanable 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's 'bass', not 'base', and you don't need to capitalize it.

    • @marther1000
      @marther1000 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Robert CROSS bandonioss os melhotes

    • @cre8lite11
      @cre8lite11 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like it too. His microphone probably missed spelled it, mine does it all the time, like just now. And I'm usually too tired to go back and fix the typo

    • @experimenteight4550
      @experimenteight4550 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I like BASS

  • @michaelb6349
    @michaelb6349 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely beautiful. Unbelievable coordination between the group.

  • @JohnCook1
    @JohnCook1 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's so neat how our individual experiences can shape our interpretation and recognition of music!

  • @marcellodantedealmeidanune9445
    @marcellodantedealmeidanune9445 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    É necessário muito treinamento para obter a sincronização necessária à evolução timbrica no minimalismo. Muito bom o grupo!

  • @ACTIOVIDEO
    @ACTIOVIDEO 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Once upon the time" At ZELLERBACK AUDITORIUM UCB ... wonderful refresh
    thank you very much

  • @colinvdr
    @colinvdr  12 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    One of Reich's percussionist friends thought it would be cool if it was re-scored for marimbas instead of pianos. Both versions of the piece are published.

    • @sparechange714
      @sparechange714 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well Reich definitely owes him one, cuz the marimba version is WAY cooler IMO.

    • @Hi-jh4iv
      @Hi-jh4iv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It bean 9 years

  • @patriciasandoval1580
    @patriciasandoval1580 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wooooowww!!! bravo!!

  • @studamanduncan9728
    @studamanduncan9728 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally,somebody wrote an extended cadenza for Tijuana Taxi.!!

  • @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net
    @CH3CH2OCH2CH3net 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That would have been the *coolest* recital to attend! I really love it when people program recital music which is off the beaten path!

  • @hartjewellery
    @hartjewellery 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    dis is swag man

  • @raj9234
    @raj9234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gonna put this track as my alarm notification

  • @tadziolazlo695
    @tadziolazlo695 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To me, the player at the far right is playing to forcefully - in other versions, the part around 6:30 is a smooth and melodic way of modulating, and introducing the second part. And from 6:51 onwards, the second player from the right is giving too much emphasis, to my ears. I'm so particular about it because this very minutes mean so much harmony, even comfort to me. I've known the piece since I've been twenty or so. I really love Reich's music, almost every one of his many compositions.