The Desert Music" was a transitional work for Steve Reich. Composed in 1982, this suite for chorus and instruments exists in two versions-one for large orchestra and chorus, the other (which we've ...

The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved... Steve Reich has always been able to hear the pulse Forgive ...

One thing I learned spending an entire week listening to a big box of Steve Reich’s music is that there’s no box big enough for Steve Reich’s music. I had originally intended to listen to “Collected ...

Bang on a Can Allstars performing Steve Reich's "Music for 18 Musicians" as part of the Long Play festival on May 5, 2024 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (photo: Stephanie Berger). For the past 30 ...

Steve Reich has always been able to hear the pulse The 88-year-old composer, who talks as fast as the interlocking phrases of his music, looks back on crucial moments in a career that moved minimalism ...

For the past 30 years, few groups have been as synonymous with the experimental music spirit of New York than Bang on a Can, and few pieces embody that spirit more than Steve Reich’s landmark 1976 ...

Forgive the pun, but the American composer Steve Reich has had his finger on the pulse of Western music for over six decades. Like the rudimentary shapes and colors of Sol LeWitt's deceptively ...