While the press release of this gentle piece of work talks about a Steve Reich influence, I listened to the 30 minutes of “Vous revez” without preconceptions, while reading on my couch. More than once the music made me raise my head, due to a simple beauty mostly expressed by repeated\/looped piano figures which – if a name must be brought out – reminded me of Gavin Bryars’ “Hommages”. Alexander Peterhaensel (Tilia) conceived this as an electronic multichannel work but its premiere was performed with a dance company in London, in 2003. It’s classy, if not very groundbreaking, modern minimalism; a welcome relief for over-strained ears, executed with attention to the tiniest detail.<\/p>\n
Massimo Ricci<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While the press release of this gentle piece of work talks about a Steve Reich influence, I listened to the 30 minutes of “Vous revez” without preconceptions, while reading on my couch. More than once the music made me raise my head, due to a simple beauty mostly expressed by repeated\/looped piano figures which – … <\/p>\n