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Sep 10, 2010 · Listen to Steve Reich: Double Sextet, 2x5 by Eighth Blackbird & Bang On a Can on Apple Music. 2010. 6 Songs. Duration: 42 minutes.
Double Sextet and 2×5 were released by Nonesuch on September 14, 2010. Double Sextet won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 2009 and is performed by Eighth Blackbird. 2×5 is scored for electric guitars, electric basses, drum kits & pianos and is performed by Bang on a Can.
The Wall Street Journal: ‘Double Sextet, an irresistible 22 minute workout won Mr. Reich a long-overdue Pulitzer Prize’. Both pieces will be performed live with an expanded Eighth Blackbird & Friends and Bang on a Can & Friends at Carnegie Hall on April 30, 2011.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2010 CD release of "Double Sextet / 2x5" on Discogs.
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Jul 29, 2010 · In 2x5, Reich expands his palate with rock instrumentation. Scored for two sets of five instruments (hence "2x5"), this 21-minute piece calls for a total of ten musicians: four electric guitars, two pianos, two bass guitars, and two drum sets.
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Sep 6, 2010 · The composer's innovations have been distilled and polished to a new, compelling sheen in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet and the new, rock-inflected 2x5.
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Sep 14, 2010 · Steve Reich: Double Sextet; 2x5 by Eighth Blackbird, Bang on a Can released in 2010. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at A...