Dedicated to Steve Reich, the 2024 Presence Festival, on Radio France, was one of the most festive editions. In studio 104 of the Maison de la radio, here is Drumming, for nine percussionists, composed by Reich in 1970 after a stay in Ghana.
According to a very regulated ballet, our whirling dervishes move from bongos to marimbas, then to glockenspiels, adding variation of timbre to that of rhythm. Quite quickly, we don't...