Comments on: Everything Gets Easier

By: Mell Csicsila

Mell Csicsila — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:02:41 +0000

This was originally done a few years back by a student at Baldwin-Wallace College named Rob Kovacs. He played the whole piece. It was with a student performance of “Music for 18 Musicians” and Reich was in attendance.

By: Mark Chambers

Mark Chambers — Mon, 19 May 2008 13:29:31 +0000

I must admit I am not a fan of Reich or the minimalist tendencies in modern music BUT this was impressive. He does a good job here and is to be applauded. I think I may actually go and get the mp3 =)

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:16:35 +0000

The video clip is just a condensation. The MP3 recording is of a complete live performance.

By: Stephen Gosling

Stephen Gosling — Sat, 17 May 2008 01:43:46 +0000

I have to play this with Anthony Coleman at Merkin on Thursday. Does this guy play the whole piece? It’s a very impressive feat, but in this clip he starts with the second theme, doesn’t do many cycles, goes back to the first theme, doesn’t complete that either, and skips the final pattern altogether. Has he actually performed the entire piece this way? I must say, it makes me curious to try it myself….

By: Steve Layton

Steve Layton — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:58:00 +0000

Don’t be scared, Paula, it’s only the label’s homepage that I found to be weird.

The link to the MP3 file kept on Archive.org:

http://www.archive.org/details/top.09

is perfectly OK & respectable.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:36:05 +0000

Wow. But you scared me away from the website…
Many thanks for posting this!