Composer: Reich, Steve (b. 1936)

Exemplary performances of classic works by the American minimalist from the London Sinfonietta 

The LSO served up a lively programme of genre-defying UK premières at the Barbican. 

Susanna Mälkki’s choppy, uneven Mahler 5, preceded by a Steve Reich world première. 

With a smaller programme and a humbler premise, the stars of the show – those young, immensely talented performers – could have shone even brighter

Stretching minds and musicians in Manchester Collective’s night of strings and electronics.