Colin Currie Group (United Kingdom)
7/10｜Friday｜20:00
Macao Cultural Centre Small Auditorium
Tickets: MOP 250, 200
“A prime example of vital and sensitive musical poetry (...) a symphonic abundance of sound.” - Wiesbadener Zeitung, Germany
“Minimalism” developed in the United States in the 20th century, when the Western world of music was open to multiple schools of music as well as diverse musical techniques and styles. This distinctive conception of creation and its unique formal features broke through the fundamental thinking of Western music since the Renaissance, making it a force of the most sustainable influence in modern and contemporary music. Boasting the simplest material and means, minimalist music strives to explore the interesting relationship between immutability and variability.
Steve Reich is an important iconic figure of minimalist music. This concert offers three witty percussion works of refreshing structure and formal features. For instance, Music for Pieces of Wood is performed only with five pairs of tuned claves, while Drumming is a combination of percussion, human singing voices, piccolo and whistle sounds. This concert is performed by Colin Currie Group, a virtuosic percussion ensemble from the United Kingdom specialised in the music of Steve Reich, with performances highly acclaimed by the composer himself. In this year's Festival, the group is coming to town with Synergy Vocals for its Asian debut. A concert not to be missed!
Colin Currie Group
Synergy Vocals
Programme
S. Reich:
Music for Pieces of Wood
Mallet Quartet
Drumming
Duration: approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes, including one interval