Preview: Joan Jeanrenaud on helping Terry Riley shape early minimalist classics

In this excerpt from her forthcoming conversation with TSTB, Joan Jeanrenaud -- longtime cellist with Kronos Quartet -- recalls working with Terry Riley in the 1970s, when he was just beginning his career as a formal composer. As Riley transitioned from a purely improvised, non-written style, Kronos played a pivotal role in shaping such classic works as "G Song" and "Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector" -- both discussed in this fasacinating clip. #@minimalism #minimalistmusic #terryriley #philipglass #experimentalmusic #stringquartet #composers #cellists #stories #storytelling #storytellers #kronosquartet 

 

Photo by Marion Ettinger, circa 1998