554 PART 4 | SINCE WORLD WAR II
timing section comments
0:00 part 1 12 bars in triple meter: pianos and vibraphones play rhythmically pulsating
pandiatonic chords in G major.
0:23 Pianos and vibes repeat the 12 bars, with addition of a melody in two-part harmony
in clarinets and strings.
0:46 12 bars repeat, with the melody echoed by added instruments in close rhythmic
canon.
1:09 12 bars repeat, with addition of soprano and tenor voices: “I sure hope.. .”
1:32 Final repetition of 12 bars, with addition of second soprano and tenor in close
rhythmic canon.
1:56 part 2 Same process, now in B-fl at major and 14-bar sections.
2:23 Melody instruments enter.
2:50 Melody instruments in canon.
3:17 Voices enter.
3:45 Voices i n ca non.
4:13 part 3 The process begins again, now in D-fl at major; 14-bar sections, with an extra beat in
bar 4.
4:40 Melody instruments enter.
5:09 Melody instruments in canon.
5:36 Voices enter.
6:04 Voices i n ca non.
date: 2006
performers: Los Angeles Master Chorale;
Grant Gershon, conductor. Instrumentation:
2 sopranos; 2 tenors; 2 clarinets; 4
vibraphones; bass and kick drum, tam-tam
(not heard in this movement); 4 pianos;
string quartet
genre: classical concert work for large
ensemble
meter: triple, with occasional duple bars
form: four sections, each a variant of a
single additive process
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR
- minimalist earmarks: steady pulse, slowly
unfolding processes, repetition - diatonic pitch material but nontraditional
harmonies - melodies in closely spaced rhythmic
canons - lyrics in nonpoetic, “everyday” tone
Listening Guide 22.3
Daniel Variations, fourth movement
CD 4.15 STEVE REICH
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