Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	13th August 2014
To	13th August 2014
When	22:15
Prices	From £14.00. To £18.00.
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

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Date of change: 20 May 14 - T0871103642

Prom 37 - Steve Reich

Work:: Prom 37 (S362)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Steve Reich (T0871103642)

The after-hours late-night atmosphere is a fitting backdrop to the pulsing rhythmic repetitions of Minimalism's founding father, Steve Reich. Relive the experimentation of It's Gonna Rain - the tape piece that first put Reich on the map back in 1965 - its hypnotic layers of spoken sound transforming a street preacher into a strange, disembodied instrument. The Desert Music twitches and throbs with life, offering a meditation on fragments of William Carlos Williams's poetry. The BBC Singers are joined by contemporary specialists the Endymion ensemble. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 23:30

Company	BBC Singers
Conductor	David Hill
Company	Endymion (formerly Endymion Ensemble)

Listing:: L01765126887

Steve Reich

The after-hours late-night atmosphere is a fitting backdrop to the pulsing rhythmic repetitions of Minimalism's founding father, Steve Reich. Relive the experimentation of It's Gonna Rain - the tape piece that first put Reich on the map back in 1965 - its hypnotic layers of spoken sound transforming a street preacher into a strange, disembodied instrument. The Desert Music twitches and throbs with life, offering a meditation on fragments of William Carlos Williams's poetry. The BBC Singers are joined by contemporary specialists the Endymion ensemble. There will be no interval. Finish time approx. 23:30

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