53 Musical Bits. 52 Weeks in a Year. A Minimalist Concert Fit for New Year’s Day

In C, a musical work written by California composer Terry Riley, is considered among the forerunners of the musical minimalist movement of the 1960s and ’70s.

On New Year’s Day afternoon, an eclectic ensemble — when did you last hear an orchestra including cello, ukulele, synthesizer, glockenspiel and hurdy-gurdy — gathered at an alternative music venue in Guelph, Ontario, to play this intriguing piece.

Read the result in this week’s Guelph Mercury column here: http://www.guelphmercury.com/opinion-story/4304459-was-unusual-new-year-s-concert-sounding-off-about-2014-/

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