Reich/Richter (for Large Ensemble)

Study Score, Softcover Reich/Richter was premiered by Ensemble Signal with the film Moving Picture (946-3) by Gerhard Richter and Corinna Belz. The work may be performed on its own or with film in concert; the film must be licensed separately for use in performance. The music has tender energy, and an undercurrent of melancholy. Its droning tones sometimes seem to be pulling apart - like taffy, or like Richter's stretching spaghetti stripes of color. -The New York Times He fractures melodic and rhythmic figures into complex arrays so propulsive that a listener's mind starts to explode...Color fields of harmonies saturate the score. One intense chord after another is grippingly sustained, creating a shimmering quality that pervades the hall. -Los Angeles Times