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Article: CLASSICAL MUSIC: Icebreaker; Queen Elizabeth Hall, SBC, London
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 4, 1996
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As the group's concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall last Friday
made clear, Icebreaker have come a long way since their formation
in 1989 to play the works of Louis Andriessen and Diderik Wagenaar.
At the time, doubt was shed on the continuing relevance of this
Dutch brand of minimalism, raunchier and more dissonant than most
American varieties. Seven or so years on, things have changed, of
course; some would argue that Andriessen - whose work has become
much better known internationally in that time - is more in tune
with current concerns than, say, Philip Glass.
Andriessen has become a father figure for the composers of New
York's Bang-on-a-Can Festival. Two of the instigators of this - ...