Baroque meets Minimalism: Sean Shibe plays Bach and Steve Reich at St Martin-in-the-Fields, London on Friday 1st April 2022

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Baroque meets Minimalism: Sean Shibe plays Bach and Steve Reich

Add to my Calendar 01-04-2022 19:30 01-04-2022 21:30 36 Baroque meets Minimalism: Sean Shibe plays Bach and Steve Reich Bach meets Steve Reich and Scottish lute songs encounter the New York underground in this latest musical exploration from guitarist (and phenomenon) Sean Shibe. “It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of exploring Bach” say guitarist Sean Shibe, but the truth is that for this visionary young British guitarist all music opens up new worlds – and everything he plays is just the starting point of a new exploration. Counterpoint is the theme here, as the timeless patterns of Bach converse with the rediscovered musical heritage of Shibe’s native Scotland and the countercultural sounds of Julius Eastman. And when Shibe plays all the parts in Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, a contemporary classic becomes something utterly distinctive and entirely new. St Martin-in-the-Fields, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

St Martin-in-the-Fields
Trafalgar Square
Westminster
London
WC2N 4JJ
England

Friday 1st April 2022
7:30 PM

Programme

Anonymous – Music from Scottish Lute Manuscripts
Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint
Julius Eastman – Buddha
Johann Sebastian Bach – Suite in E minor, BWV 996

Performers

Sean Shibe – guitar

Programme Note

Bach meets Steve Reich and Scottish lute songs encounter the New York underground in this latest musical exploration from guitarist (and phenomenon) Sean Shibe.

“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of exploring Bach” say guitarist Sean Shibe, but the truth is that for this visionary young British guitarist all music opens up new worlds – and everything he plays is just the starting point of a new exploration. Counterpoint is the theme here, as the timeless patterns of Bach converse with the rediscovered musical heritage of Shibe’s native Scotland and the countercultural sounds of Julius Eastman. And when Shibe plays all the parts in Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint, a contemporary classic becomes something utterly distinctive and entirely new.

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