The more I see and hear this concert, the happier I am to have witnessed it. Mesmerizing from start to end. The old master himself behind the wheels and this young top orchestra from The Netherlands totally matched (NJO stands for National Youth Orchestra). During the show the musicians also felt something magical was going on, their manager told me afterwards. And that on a rock and pop festival like Lowlands. With a friend we took some time off after the show, to just sit on the grass and let it all sink in. No bands for the next hour at least. Thank you again Steve Reich and NJO.
Most touching live performance on youtube so far ..... including Steve's irritation and relief in the final Pulses ... great groove and vibes! No need talkin' about imperfections ... is life always perfect?
First heard/saw Part 1 of "Drumming" last night at a concert in Boston; was given link to this today. Both times, was in awe of the ways in which the performance itself and the music itself worked in conjunction. I was close to tears several times, especially at about minute 4, when a jazzy riff took root. And the video itself is extraordinary. Thanks!!!
The people that tap their feet or slightly bop their heads are so cool. If I were there, I'd be dancing with my entire body. Favorite musical work ever. Hands down.
18:44 I fell in love with this girl. She is singing, smilling and feeling the vibe all the time! ❤️ Year after year i see this concert. It's so great and all the people who went right there is very lucky. I envy you!
The music and the art itself has a magic and powerfull manner to comunicate. It's a language that moves you unconsciently and makes you feel the eternity of joy and the universal love within each us. There's no words to describe this. The only thing that you have to do is to feel. Art is the universal language of love.
Fantastisch om mee te maken, bedwelmend van de eerste tot de laatste noot. Inderdaad, fantastisch dat dit ook kan op Lowlands. En het publiek in de Bravo was voorbeeldig...
wat ongelofelijk knap van die marimba speler en die pianiste die het hele stuk strak tussen de maat kunnen blijven spelen. Tof dat dit ook op Lowlands komt.
48:30 violinist is too early by nearly half a minute, and the marimba doesn't fade out till 3-4 pulses too late. Also, 49:21 is the look of a concerned composer knowing the group is not together, masked by professionalism. I'm afraid this performance had so much potential, but the big "cadence" back to the beginning was marred by significant timing inaccuracies.
I'm just a fan of the piece. It's on my bucket list. So far, no recording has interpreted it the way I'd like to hear it....lol @ Jonathan, believe it or not, the tempo is actually good. The players simply don't know each other's parts that well, is all.
Jonathan, oh that just means they didn't repeat as many times as others have. Steve Reich recorded the work twice with his own ensemble, and the first was approx. 56', the second was about an hour and ten minutes, so actual length isn't dependent on speed, it's a fluid piece of music. I also found more timing inaccuracies the more I listen to it. It's okay, I'm not upset, it just illustrates how difficult this piece is and how much respect and reverence it takes when approaching it for a performance - something I don't get from the performers all the time necessarily.
Here’s what happened: when the 1st Bass Clarinet player gave the cue for the last chords pulses (Pulses 2), Piano 3 kept playing the pattern from Section 11 and fade out much later (on the 3rd chord) when it had to fade out with the xylophone after the cue. The pulsing Pianos (Pianos 1+2) and Marimbas (Marimbas 1+2) we’re playing the wrong notes (chords) while the pulsing chords where going through, lucky they were able to catch up on the 4th chord. And that is the reason you can see Steve’s concerning face at 49:22. Overall, the performance was great, despite the “accidental flop” on the beginning of Pulses 2
Masterpiece built in the form of a pyramid apogee from 25:04, SR definitely rocks, but in my humble opinion it is missing a drum battery or a batucada ;)
À l'occasion de la nouvelle année une petite variation sur cette superbe captation : partageux.blogspot.fr/2013/12/un-bon-pas-pour-commencer-une-nouvelle.html
""Music for 18 Musicians". A pity, the mix in this video is not too well. In this, everything must be balanced really well. Perhaps the sound in the hall was good, but I didn't see Reich too happy behind the mixer either. And this was Live, not a studio where you can endlessly tweak everything. It was certainly good enough for VPRO television. But I am spoiled. 😓 Reich deserves everything, to the ast bit. Exiting performance, by the way.. 🥳
Захотели "живой" музыки? Извольте. Искала Лоуленд, а открылось это видео. Поразило с первых минут то, что музыканты исполняют, как на автомате. Замечательно справляется электронная запись, слушать час одно это ..? Интересно наблюдать за поведением людей по обе стороны. А почему на сцене курят (28:00)? Надеюсь, что последователей не будет такого сочинительского музыкального проекта. Штучный товар тем и ценен. Во, куда меня занесло...
The more I see and hear this concert, the happier I am to have witnessed it. Mesmerizing from start to end. The old master himself behind the wheels and this young top orchestra from The Netherlands totally matched (NJO stands for National Youth Orchestra).
During the show the musicians also felt something magical was going on, their manager told me afterwards.
And that on a rock and pop festival like Lowlands. With a friend we took some time off after the show, to just sit on the grass and let it all sink in. No bands for the next hour at least.
Thank you again Steve Reich and NJO.
hey, you're the guy showing up at 31:50!! :)
Most touching live performance on youtube so far ..... including Steve's irritation and relief in the final Pulses ... great groove and vibes! No need talkin' about imperfections ... is life always perfect?
Magnificent performance. Beautifully photographed. Thanks for posting this gem.
This version is the best I know !
First heard/saw Part 1 of "Drumming" last night at a concert in Boston; was given link to this today. Both times, was in awe of the ways in which the performance itself and the music itself worked in conjunction. I was close to tears several times, especially at about minute 4, when a jazzy riff took root. And the video itself is extraordinary. Thanks!!!
The people that tap their feet or slightly bop their heads are so cool. If I were there, I'd be dancing with my entire body. Favorite musical work ever. Hands down.
It's 17 PM and it just made me cry :'(
I fuckin love this! Every soul dancing, connecting it with each other on that place.
Music is a field where the love moves us in a joyfull dance.
18:44 I fell in love with this girl. She is singing, smilling and feeling the vibe all the time! ❤️
Year after year i see this concert. It's so great and all the people who went right there is very lucky. I envy you!
The music and the art itself has a magic and powerfull manner to comunicate. It's a language that moves you unconsciently and makes you feel the eternity of joy and the universal love within each us. There's no words to describe this.
The only thing that you have to do is to feel. Art is the universal language of love.
Wow! I like this really much!
Fantastisch om mee te maken, bedwelmend van de eerste tot de laatste noot. Inderdaad, fantastisch dat dit ook kan op Lowlands. En het publiek in de Bravo was voorbeeldig...
Thank you
Een van zijn vele meesterwerken, krijg elke keer weer kippenvel van zijn muziek.
Wat een prachtige muziek en een mooie opname. En wat was ik hier graag als bezoeker bij geweest.
This is a big emotionel music ! :D i love so much.
absolutely brilliant!
Wow, hier was ik bij en wat een uitvoering... Extase!
Mooie uitvoering, complimenten aan NJO!
Trance
Perfection
The time is so good
wat ongelofelijk knap van die marimba speler en die pianiste die het hele stuk strak tussen de maat kunnen blijven spelen.
Tof dat dit ook op Lowlands komt.
awesome
Lol. Head bobbin' to Music for 18. Love it.
Great interpretation
the best no doubt
Met afstand beste Lowlands concert 2013.
Wauw!
The tempo is extremely fast and it kind of falls apart at the end--but it still works with this rock audience.
Wau!
Damn, wat goed zeg. Hier had nou wel heel graag bij geweest. :) Gaan ze dit nog vaker opvoeren of was dit iets eenmalig?
I wish the mix wasn't messed up: you can barely hear the lead xylophone.
can barely hear the vibraphone. but it is there.
This work is called 'Music for 18 musicians'
さすが本家、素晴らしい演奏。
Volgens mij was dit het laatste concert in een serie van zomerconcerten in Gelderland. Kijk ff op de website van het NJO zou ik zeggen.
48:30 violinist is too early by nearly half a minute, and the marimba doesn't fade out till 3-4 pulses too late. Also, 49:21 is the look of a concerned composer knowing the group is not together, masked by professionalism. I'm afraid this performance had so much potential, but the big "cadence" back to the beginning was marred by significant timing inaccuracies.
I think because they're trying to go too fast tempo.
I'm just a fan of the piece. It's on my bucket list. So far, no recording has interpreted it the way I'd like to hear it....lol
@ Jonathan, believe it or not, the tempo is actually good. The players simply don't know each other's parts that well, is all.
Kevin Garnica 53' one of the fastest I think.
Jonathan, oh that just means they didn't repeat as many times as others have. Steve Reich recorded the work twice with his own ensemble, and the first was approx. 56', the second was about an hour and ten minutes, so actual length isn't dependent on speed, it's a fluid piece of music.
I also found more timing inaccuracies the more I listen to it. It's okay, I'm not upset, it just illustrates how difficult this piece is and how much respect and reverence it takes when approaching it for a performance - something I don't get from the performers all the time necessarily.
Here’s what happened: when the 1st Bass Clarinet player gave the cue for the last chords pulses (Pulses 2), Piano 3 kept playing the pattern from Section 11 and fade out much later (on the 3rd chord) when it had to fade out with the xylophone after the cue. The pulsing Pianos (Pianos 1+2) and Marimbas (Marimbas 1+2) we’re playing the wrong notes (chords) while the pulsing chords where going through, lucky they were able to catch up on the 4th chord. And that is the reason you can see Steve’s concerning face at 49:22. Overall, the performance was great, despite the “accidental flop” on the beginning of Pulses 2
Hoor ik nu een ander podium soundchecken? vanaf minuut 8.00 ongeveer.
Wat jammer dat ik dit gemist heb, toen lag ik nog in m'n tent te rotten :-/
What pieces are on this recording?
Masterpiece built in the form of a pyramid apogee from 25:04, SR definitely rocks, but in my humble opinion it is missing a drum battery or a batucada ;)
I think from 24:30 pianos have trouble
Aguentei 20 minutos. Sou foda!!!
À l'occasion de la nouvelle année une petite variation sur cette superbe captation :
partageux.blogspot.fr/2013/12/un-bon-pas-pour-commencer-une-nouvelle.html
""Music for 18 Musicians". A pity, the mix in this video is not too well. In this, everything must be balanced really well. Perhaps the sound in the hall was good, but I didn't see Reich too happy behind the mixer either. And this was Live, not a studio where you can endlessly tweak everything. It was certainly good enough for VPRO television. But I am spoiled. 😓 Reich deserves everything, to the ast bit. Exiting performance, by the way.. 🥳
And yes, there is another band going through the mix. I continously hear low noises, that absolutely not belong to this music.
Schitterend.
Section 3B was too fast
Wat? Steve Reich op Lowlands? LOL!!
how lucky people are all these .Steve Reich played with their unconscious
avant-gardiste
Захотели "живой" музыки? Извольте. Искала Лоуленд, а открылось это видео. Поразило с первых минут то, что музыканты исполняют, как на автомате. Замечательно справляется электронная запись, слушать час одно это ..? Интересно наблюдать за поведением людей по обе стороны. А почему на сцене курят (28:00)? Надеюсь, что последователей не будет такого сочинительского музыкального проекта. Штучный товар тем и ценен. Во, куда меня занесло...
That huge screen needs a montage of people vomiting. That'll determine who's there because they think it's cool & who is genuinely moved.
This sucks, lol.
+Dave Stark You're such a kind-hearted person.
suddenlybananas I know, thank you. rock on bro
Dave Stark
Hey Roman, you okay?