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- | ====== the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players play Steve Reich at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concert Hall, January 28, 2013 ====== | ||
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- | 8 PM, Monday, January 28, 2013 | ||
- | ===== Pre-performance talk with Stephen Schick in the Recital Hall ===== | ||
- | After parking on Fell St, I hustle around the block, only to realize that I've left my ticket at home. Drat! Fortunately, | ||
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- | About 7:20 PM, Stephen Schick comes out and begins a wide and free-ranging talk about his experience working with Steve Reich and performing the pieces on tonight' | ||
- | Upon conclusion of the talk at 7:44 PM, we encounter a major logjam trying to move to the concert hall, as that room has not been opened, so that the now-full lobby lacks room to accommodate the 100-odd listeners from the earlier talk. Ugh! I hate being squished into a crowd in an enclosed space!! Oh well, nothing to do but breathe deeply and put on a cheerful front when my toes get squished. Happily, once the concert hall is opened, I am rewarded for my patience with a seat in the center of the 3rd row. Sometimes good things **do** come to those who wait! | ||
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- | ===== Set One ===== | ||
- | [8:05 PM lights down, introduction by Stephen Schick] | ||
- | ==== Steve Reich: Clapping Music (1972, 4') ==== | ||
- | [work ends 8:13 PM] | ||
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- | === the Performers === | ||
- | * Chris Froh | ||
- | * David Kennedy | ||
- | * Stephen Schick | ||
- | * William Winant | ||
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- | Clapping pairs: Schick & Kennedy lead; Froh & Winant drift | ||
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- | (brief pause to get the guitar ensemble set up) | ||
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- | Comments by Stephen Schick | ||
- | ==== Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (2005, 11') ==== | ||
- | i. Fast\\ | ||
- | ii. Slow\\ | ||
- | iii. Fast\\ | ||
- | [set ends 8:31 PM] | ||
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- | === the Performers === | ||
- | == the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Guitar Ensemble == | ||
- | * Travis Andrews: solo electric guitar; | ||
- | * Matt Bacon: guitar; | ||
- | * Nahuel Bronzini: bass; | ||
- | * Adam Cockerham: bass; | ||
- | * J.C. deLuna: guitar; | ||
- | * Renaud Cote Giguere: guitar; | ||
- | * Christopher Hague: guitar; | ||
- | * Alexandra Iranfar: guitar; | ||
- | * Matthew Lyons: guitar; | ||
- | * Paul Morton: guitar; | ||
- | * Kyle Sampson: guitar; | ||
- | * Tatiana Senderowicz: | ||
- | * Tim Sherren: guitar; | ||
- | * Sarah Stallings: guitar; | ||
- | * David Tannenbaum: conductor, musical director; | ||
- | * John Zientek: guitar. | ||
- | ===== Set Two ===== | ||
- | [8:47 PM, lights down; getting ready] | ||
- | ==== Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1974, 55') ==== | ||
- | i. Pulses\\ | ||
- | ii. Section I\\ | ||
- | iii. Section II\\ | ||
- | iv. Section IIIA\\ | ||
- | v. Section IIIB\\ | ||
- | vi. Section IV\\ | ||
- | vii. Section V\\ | ||
- | viii. Section VI\\ | ||
- | ix. Section VII\\ | ||
- | x. Section VIII\\ | ||
- | xi. Section IX\\ | ||
- | xii. Section X\\ | ||
- | xiii. Section XI\\ | ||
- | xiv. Pulses\\ | ||
- | [show ends 9:55 PM] | ||
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- | === the Performers === | ||
- | == San Francisco Contemporary Music Players == | ||
- | * Jeff Anderle: clarinets; | ||
- | * Kate Campbell: piano; | ||
- | * Chris Froh: percussion; | ||
- | * Stephen Harrison: cello; | ||
- | * Peter Josheff: clarinets; | ||
- | * Daniel Kennedy: percussion; | ||
- | * Jeffrey LaDeur: piano; | ||
- | * Roy Malan: violin; | ||
- | * Steven Schick: percussion, vibraphone, conductor, artistic director; | ||
- | * William Winant: percussion. | ||
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- | == with the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Percussion Ensemble == | ||
- | * Collin Boltz: percussion; | ||
- | * Mckenzie Camp: percussion; | ||
- | * Matt Dodson: percussion; | ||
- | * Elizabeth Hall: percussion; | ||
- | * Justin Sun: percussion. | ||
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- | == and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Student Ensemble == | ||
- | * Sara Hagenbuch: vox; | ||
- | * Amber Johnson: vox; | ||
- | * Emma Lacenski: vox; | ||
- | * Anneka Quellhorst: vox; | ||
- | * Chengcheng Zhao: piano; | ||
- | * Xin Zhao: piano. | ||
- | ===== Notes ===== | ||
- | I think I should start off by saying I'm a sucker for Reich. I discovered his music during my college years, and something about it resonated with me strongly enough so that even today, I'll rearrange my schedule to hear performances of his music. Which is a long way of revealing that I'm a biased listener. | ||
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- | So what did I think of tonight' | ||
- | Although I've heard it at least a half-doxen times, I was happy to experience // | ||
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- | I'm pretty sure this was my first exposure to a full-group ensemble version of //Electric Counterpoint//, | ||
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- | There' | ||
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- | In case you're unfamiliar with the piece, you might find the hoopla about it ("most important work of the 20th Century!" | ||
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- | You might ask, "//How can it be that I've never heard this piece if it's so darn important?//" | ||
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- | To which I respond, blame it on the mass media. Reich' | ||
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- | In any case, //Music for 18 Musicians// begins with a rhythmic pulse of repeated 8th-notes on a single piano, which proceeds to inflate across an expanse of eleven chords, spread across the various instrumental timbres of the larger ensemble. Following this introductory movement, each chord becomes the basis of a short section, and the work returns to finish with a repeat of the pulse section after about an hour. In his preconcert talk, Schick took pains to emphasize his rôle as chief listener, as opposed to conductor -- his job was to listen to each chord section and signal the transition to the next //when the time was right//. I'd say he did a pretty darn good job tonight! | ||
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- | While I could quibble that the tempo and timing wasn't necessarily as accurate or precisely aligned as when I've heard Reich' | ||
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- | Bravo!! | ||
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- | ==== Some Related Article Links ==== | ||
- | Joshua Kosman’s [[http:// | ||
- | Richard Scheinin’s [[http:// | ||
- | Steven Schick’s [[http:// | ||
- | Duncan Reilly' | ||
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