Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
Ensemble Modern with Steve Reich
October 2011
“Ensemble Modern and Synergy Vocals gave an exciting top performance and interpreted this key work with an irresistible quality. The audience was thrilled.”
Neue Musikzeitung
Steve Reich/Beryl Korot The Cave
Ensemble Modern conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer
October 2011
“amazingly precise vocals”
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten
Steve Reich/Beryl Korot The Cave
Ensemble Modern conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer
September 2011
“the appeal (of the piece) was primarily due to the spirited involvement of its performers, Ensemble Modern and Synergy Vocals, under the direction of Jonathan Stockhammer”
anaclase.com
Steve Reich The Cave
Ensemble Modern conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer
September 2011
“Synergy Vocals displayed a remarkable technical prowess”
Dernières Nouvelles D’Alsace
Steve Reich Music for 18 Musicians
Ensemble Modern with Steve Reich
August 2011
“It was in Music for 18 Musicians – with Synergy Vocals and Ensemble Modern – that Reich’s quiet genius was most gloriously evident. The whole experience felt oddly religious and deeply cleansing.”
The Guardian
“There are no better performers of the piece than Ensemble Modern and Synergy Vocals, veterans and authorities after years of service. And so it was to prove tonight. The music felt vibrant and full of beauty.”
Musicalcriticism.com
“gemlike precision of Synergy Vocals”
The Guardian
Steve Reich Drumming
The Colin Currie Group
July 2011
“Steve Reich’s Drumming becomes ever more rewarding with repeated hearings, especially when played by The Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals…..(it’s the) sense of spontaneity between instrumentalists and singers that makes this work so compelling. An uninterrupted hour of music simply flies by leaving the full-house audience – Colin Currie Group concerts are invariably sell-outs – wanting more and applauding wildly.”
Seen and Heard International
Steve Reich Three Tales
Ensemble Modern conducted by Brad Lubman
June 2011
“The Cologne premiere was performed by the best combination – Ensemble Modern with Synergy Vocals”
Kölner Stadt Anzeiger
(Grammy winner)
Steven Mackey, with Rinde Eckert, BMOP and Catch Electric Guitar Quartet
“The performances are stunning. Synergy Vocals specializes in new music and performs this score with energy, responding well to the need for extended ranges, fast, not all together convenient, text phrasing and exaggerated timbres with ease.”
Audiophile Audition
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“Rinde Eckert’s account of (the architect) is simply dazzling. Quartet Synergy Vocals is hardly less spectacular in its virtuosity and commitment.”
Allmusic.com
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“… a performance of volatile and luminous beauty”
Gramophone
Steve Reich Three Tales
Ensemble Modern conducted by Brad Lubman
April 2011
“the fantastic Synergy Vocals”
Recklinghäufer Zeitung
Louis Andriessen De Staat
London Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton
April 2011
“the ever excellent Synergy Vocals”
The Arts Desk