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Charles Hazlewood meets Philip Glass and Steve Reich, who added new orchestral dimensions to compositions based on repetition, transcendence and new technology.

In this episode Charles Hazlewood meets the genre's superstars Philip Glass and Steve Reich.

Across the 1960s these New Yorkers added new orchestral dimensions to compositions based on repetition, transcendence and new technology, and broke into the mainstream in the following decade. Charles explores how breakthrough techniques Reich first explored on tape were transposed for orchestral performance. Glass's experiments with repetitive structures, along with his innovative work in opera - Einstein on the Beach - revealed new possibilities for classical music.

The episode includes excerpts from minimalist pieces, including Reich's Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards performed by the Army of Generals orchestra. Charles Hazlewood's All Stars Collective performs part of Mike Oldfield's minimalist-inspired Tubular Bells.

The key attributes of minimalism, its reliance on repetition, its mesmerizing transcendent qualities and innovative use of technology are also discussed with broadcaster and writer Tom Service; director of music at the Southbank Centre, Gillian Moore; composers Laurie Spiegel, Nico Muhly, Julia Wolfe, Max Richter and Bryce Dessner; and musicians Jarvis Cocker and Adrian Utley.

59 minutes

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Sat 2 Nov 2019 03:00
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:05

    Terry Riley

    In C

  • 00:08

    Steve Reich

    Piano Phase

    Ensemble: Double Edge.
  • 00:19

    Link Wray

    Rumble

  • 00:21

    Chuck Berry

    Roll Over Beethoven

  • 00:22

    Link Wray

    Rumble

  • 00:31

    Philip Glass

    Music In Twelve Parts, Part 12

  • 00:35

    ABBA

    Mamma Mia

  • 00:50

    Philip Glass

    Opening

    Performer: Bruce Brubaker.

Credits

Presenter Charles Hazlewood
Executive Producer Franny Moyle
Director Ben Whalley

Broadcasts

Art of Glass

Philip Glass talks to 主播大秀 Arts in 2015 about creating a new musical language.

Rhythm king

Steve Reich talks to 主播大秀 Arts about his career in 2015.