Hiiit (photo Foppe Schut)

Music for 18 Musicians

Het Muziek + HIIIT

Thu 23 Oct 2025 22:45 - 23:50

contemporary

Thu 23 Oct 2025

22:45 - 23:50

Thu 23 Oct 2025

22:45 - 23:50

Grote Zaal

Past event

Program

Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians

Credits

Het Muziek
HIIIT
Storm in a Jar

A psychoacoustic trip

During Amsterdam Dance Event, plunge into the minimalist music of Steve Reich, brought to life by Het Muziek (formerly known as Asko|Schönberg) and HIIIT. This psychoacoustic journey for eighteen musicians marked Reich’s landmark 1976 breakthrough, and its impact remains just as potent in 2025! Within the first minutes, a torrent of swirling harmonies unfolds, exceeding anything Reich had created before.

Reich temporarily stepped away from his earlier, extreme minimal experiments and created a vibrant, high-energy piece where every instrument claims the spotlight. From the female vocals to the humming clarinets and the invigorating percussion, everything flows together. A hallucinatory network of rhythmic pulses and powerful melody lines that never let your attention wander. Music for 18 Musicians is proto-techno, a sleek and swinging trip that pulls you in.

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