I am prone to bouts of nostalgia. I get fragile meeting school-mates for the first time in more than a decade; my vision blurs at the sight of childhood photos; I become teary when my mum mentions a long-dead family pet. So it was inevitable that the last of four 8bb trips to University of [...]
“Tim, it’s been nice working with you.”
“Um?”
“Well, since Reich has praised us today, I’ve reached all my career goals, so I’m ready to retire…”
This was the Mac’s only comment after we ran through Steve Reich’s new Double Sextet last Wednesday for the composer, in advance of the work’s world premiere that night.
I was desperate not [...]
It has taken 6 years to get to this point. Years of begging Steve Reich and the Bang on a Can folks on bended knee; of finding co-commissioning partners for 80 very expensive minutes of music; of planning dates with managers and presenters; of hiring an “entourage” and working out the complex logistics. Then, this [...]
