Music for 18 Musicians
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Music for 18 Musicians
Plunge into the minimalist music of Steve Reich, brought to life by Asko|Schönberg and HIIIT. This psychoacoustic journey for eighteen musicians marked Reich’s landmark 1976 breakthrough, and its impact remains just as potent in 2025. Within the first minutes, a torrent of swirling harmonies unfolds, exceeding anything Reich had created before.
Reich temporarily stepped away from his earlier, extreme minimal experiments and created a vibrant, high-energy piece where every instrument claims the spotlight. From the female vocals to the humming clarinets and the invigorating percussion, everything flows together. A hallucinatory network of rhythmic pulses and powerful melody lines that never let your attention wander. Music for 18 Musicians is proto-techno, a sleek and swinging trip that pulls you in.
Program
h 19:15 - Foyerdeck 1
Pre-concert talk by Huib Ramaer
h 20:30 - Grote Zaal
Main Program - Music for 18 Musicians
The Muziekgebouw is the most important stage in the Netherlands for contemporary music. It offers more than 250 concerts per season in a great variety of genres including classical and electronic music, global and jazz. Since 2012 the Muziekgebouw and ADE have partnered to present artists such as Henrik Schwarz, Tim Hecker, Ben Frost, Caterina Barbieri, Voices From the Lake, Jlin, Interstellar Funk and Luke Slater.
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The Muziekgebouw is the most important stage in the Netherlands for contemporary music. It offers more than 250 concerts per season in a great variety of genres including classical and electronic music, global and jazz. Since 2012 the Muziekgebouw and ADE have partnered to present artists such as Henrik Schwarz, Tim Hecker, Ben Frost, Caterina Barbieri, Voices From the Lake, Jlin, Interstellar Funk and Luke Slater.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muzi...
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