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- The Village Voice
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- February 27, 1996
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The Steve Reich Ensemble February 10 Alice Tully Hall
It's been a couple years since a concert sparked such eloquent bar-hour debate as did Steve Reich's one-man show at Alice Tully. As usual, the crowd had given Reich an ovation remarkable for its warmth and enthusiasm, and in those responses I always sense (or perhaps imagine) an element of gratitude as well as appreciation. It was Reich, after all, more than anyone else, who broke the stranglehold of creepy serialist music and made the new-composition world once again safe for music lovers. And the pieces with which he did that--Come out, Piano Phase, Drumming--never quite cease to overshadow what he's done since. It was odd how often, ...