05.11.25, 20:00, Students classical music of KASK & Conservatorium, Music for 18 musicians by Steve Reich

With Music for 18 Musicians (1976), Steve Reich wrote one of the milestones of minimalist music. The work is an enchanting sound world of repetition, shifting and breathing. Instead of traditional melody and harmony, everything revolves around rhythm, pulse and gradual change: patterns shift over each other, sounds fade and return like waves.

The ensemble of eighteen musicians – including pianos, marimbas, vibraphones, clarinets, singing voices and strings – forms a living organism in which each player has an indispensable role. The music breathes, moves and grows, sometimes almost imperceptibly, but always with a hypnotic intensity. Tom De Cock will be conducting this evening.

Music for 18 Musicians is not a piece to simply listen to, but to experience: a ritualistic experience in which time dissolves and sound transforms into movement.