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Royal Festival Hall
Southbank Centre
Belvedere Rd
South Bank
London
SE1 8XX
England
Programme
Julia Wolfe – Tell me everything
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy
Mira Calix – Nunu
Anna Clyne – Fractured Time
Steve Reich – Reich / Richter
Performers
Manoj Kamps – Conductor
Sound Intermedia
London Sinfonietta
Other concerts in this Series (+)
Programme Note
Minimalist master Steve Reich returns to his New York arts scene roots in this bright and rhythmically agile piece, written and performed alongside painter Gerhard Richter’s film Moving Picture. The film starts with a two-pixel pulsating, colour-shifting line, which becomes four pixels, then sixteen, then 32 and so on. The music starts with a two-note oscillation that expands equally but then becomes liberated from the structure of the forms on film, allowing notes to escape and create their own destiny in this cool and elegant piece. Music by two other masters of the New York scene complement Reich’s music, while the London Sinfonietta, with Sound Intermedia, re-create Nunu, its commission from the late and sadly missed Mira Calix.
