Steve Reich phase to face
2011
DVD
This musical documentary profiles Pulitzer prize-winning American percussionist-turned-minimalist composer Steve Reich, examining the process and development of Reich's unique rhythmic style, following him as he travels from the Autumn in Normandy festival to Rome (with the Italian musicians of Ars Ludi, the Ready-Made Ensemble, Coro Ha-Kol and Quartetto Prometeo), to Tokyo, to New York, and to Manchester for the world premiere of 2X5, and even capturing the composer on the morning he learns of his having won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in Music for the piece 'Double Sextet.'
Item Details
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Target Audience Note: CHVR: NR.
Other Title: Phase to face [DVD]
Notes:
- Program notes in French, with English and German translations, inserted in container.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
- Includes excerpts from live performances including: It's gonna rain (1965), Piano phase (1967), Pendulum (1968), Clapping music (1972), Music for pieces of wood (1973), Music for 18 musicians (1976), Tehillim (1981), Sextet (1985), Different trains (1988), The cave (1993), Proverb (1995), 2 x 5 (2009).
- Special features include: Talks in Tokyo with Steve Reich (18 min.); A brief history of music by Steve Reich (9 min.).
- Editor, Timothy Miller ; camera, Éric Darmon ; interview, Franck Mallet.
- Steve Reich.
- DVD-9; NTSC, region 0; soundtrack in PCM stereo; widescreen presentaion (aspect ratio 16:9).
- For private home use only.
- In English, German, French.
Publisher or Distributor Number: 3058128
Control Number: 901425
UPC: 880242581280
Publisher: Berlin, Germany : EuroArts Music International/Idéale audience, c2011.