Love minimalist music!
Not only Reich’s greatest achievement, but one of the golden landmarks of 20th century music. ‘Music for 18 Musicians’ is a richly exuberant, alluring ensemble piece. Demonstrated that minimalism was so much more than an ephemeral musical fashion.
‘The Desert Music’, is one of his grandest conceptions using a chorus, a huge orchestra for settings of poems by William Carlos Williams.
This piece won Reich the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for music.