TERRY RILEY – The Slaving Wheel of Meat Conception (2006)

An audience recording of the world premiere of Terry Riley's The Slaving Wheel of Meat Conception, which is partially an ensemble arrangement of his pioneering 1965 minimalist work Keyboard Study No. 2. The title of the work is derived from the Jack Kerouac poem "211th Chorus." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MsU8FzHbk0 Performed by Terry Riley, the avant-garde ensemble Alter…

TERRY RILEY – Happy Ending (1972)

The first half of this obscure soundtrack from a French short film is one of the best recordings of Terry Riley's work for soprano sax. Happy Ending begins with subtle, shifting organ work that slowly develops a counterpoint of echoing, hypnotic saxophone lines. The piece shifts and evolves slowly for over ten minutes, becoming more…

TERRY RILEY – Two Dervishes (live in Paris) | Fvll concert (1975)

In this solo concert typical of his early period, Terry Riley performs two semi-improvisatory works for electric organ, Descending Moonshine Dervishes and Persian Surgery Dervishes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBCgjKq25qY Recorded live at the Salle Wagram in Paris, France on November 19th 1975. Another similar concert, given just 10 days later at the Metamusik Festival in Berlin, was released…

TERRY RILEY – The Dream | Live in Rome (1999)

Commissioned by the Kanagawa Foundation, The Dream is a lengthy improvisatory piece for solo piano in just intonation. It is something of a sequel to Terry Riley's 1985 cycle The Harp of New Albion, also for justly tuned piano. This recording is from the work's premiere performance where Riley joined Philip Glass, Michael Harrison, and…

Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism | BBC documentary (2018)

Musician, composer and orchestra conductor Charles Hazlewood goes in search of minimalism by exploring the work of four great American composers who rebooted classical music in the 20th century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJlGjSQvvGs In this two-part BBC Four documentary Charles Hazlewood went in search of minimalism by exploring the work of four great composers - Terry Riley, Steve…

“Here’s a Piano I Prepared Earlier”: The Rise of Experimental Music in the 1960s | BBC documentary (2005)

"Here's a Piano I Prepared Earlier" is a documentary film about experimental classical music in the 1960s. The program focuses on composers such as John Cage, Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Cornelius Cardew and their musical experiments and developments and how they influenced performers, audiences and composers from all backgrounds and genres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKPFggCNt_o It showed…

TERRY RILEY & STARGAZE – In C | Live Performance | World Minimal Mvsic Festival

We returned to Amsterdam's Muziekgebouw for the World Minimal Music Festival and a performance from one of the great musical pioneers of our time, Terry Riley. Here's his now-seminal composition In C, performed by Stargaze. Directed by Sonny Jake, Edited by Martina Ricci Legrand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJPJywWfyGo Stargaze is a European orchestral collective of contemporary musicians, an…

TERRY RILEY – Live @ Koerner Hall | Fvll concert (2019)

Originally recorded Jan. 18, 2019 at Koerner Hall in Toronto at the 21C Music Festival. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRb_CSUGXBE Intricate and often improvisational with elements of minimalism, jazz, ragtime, and north Indian raga. The first part of the program features Tracy Silverman on electric violin, followed by Terry and his son, Gyan, on electric guitar.

TERRY RILEY – A Rainbow in Curved Air (1969)

A Rainbow in Curved Air is the third album by American composer Terry Riley, released in 1969 on CBS Records. The title track consists of Riley's overdubbed improvisations on several keyboard and percussion instruments, including electric organ, electric harpsichord, dumbec, and tambourine. The B-side "Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band" is a saxophone-based drone piece…

TERRY RILEY – Persian Surgery Dervishes (fvll albvm)

Persian Surgery Dervishes is a recording of two live solo electric organ concerts, the first held in Los Angeles on 18 April 1971 and the second in Paris on 24 May 1972, by avant-garde minimalist composer Terry Riley, following his A Rainbow in Curved Air and In C. The two very different performances of the…