Minimal Extreme – review

Glasgow Royal Concert HallThis weekend was the latest and boldest of Glasgow's ongoing Minimal series, featuring iconic works that prod at the barest of bare essentials. There was Stockhausen's Stimmung, Terry Riley's In C, even Morton Feldman's Second String Quartet, which lasts a whopping six hours and never gets louder than "piano" or faster than very long notes.Opening night was dedicated to the Dutch maverick Louis Andriessen, who, at a sprightly 72, had flown in for the occasion and bounde...

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