Steve Reich - The Desert Music (with Kristjan Järvi & MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra)

From the Salle Pleyel, Paris, 2014 (Starts at 0:32) With Terry Riley and Philip Glass, Steve Reich was one of the founders of minimalism Kristjan Järvi - conductor MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig Steve Reich - The Desert Music 0:32 I. Fast Tempo 8:08 II. Moderate Tempo 15:02 III. A. Slow Tempo III. B. Moderate Tempo 27:03 III. C. Slow Tempo IV. Moderate Tempo V. Fast Tempo Click here to watch the full concert: Subscribe to wocomoMUSIC: Follow us on Facebook: The American composer Steve Reich is known to be one of the pioneers in the field of minimal music. This branch of the classical music is born in the 1960’s in the United-States and is based upon the repetition as composition structure. Steve Reich himself, to interpret some of his most famous compositions (such as “Clapping hands”) joins for this concert the Estonian-American director Kristjan Järvi and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir. © Licensed by Lukarn #wocomoMODERN