Work: The Desert Music

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Composer	Reich, Steve (b. 1936)
Period	Contemporary
Year	1983
Work type	Orchestral

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LeicesterLeicester: Santtu conducts Beethoven and Reich

De Montfort Hall, Wed 10 Feb at 19:00

Adams, Beethoven, Reich

Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali

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Royal Festival Hall, Thu 11 Feb at 19:30

Adams, Beethoven, Reich

Philharmonia Orchestra; Santtu-Matias Rouvali

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Concertgebouw Brugge: Concert Hall, Fri 5 Mar at 20:00

Reich, Higdon

Brussels Philharmonic; Giancarlo Guerrero; Flemish Radio Choir; Dame Evelyn Glennie

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Steve Reich at 90: a Glasshouse celebration in Gateshead

Colin Currie and Jude Carlton © Thomas Jackson | TyneSight Media

Pwyll ap Sion, 02 Oct

A round of applause for Steve Reich, whose music reigns supreme at the Glasshouse International Centre of Music on the weekend of his 90th birthday.

*****

Mesmerising minimalism: Steve Reich at the BBC Proms

Julia Savage, 13 Aug

Steve Reich's 'opus number one', It's Gonna Rain, for magnetic tape, and The Desert Music for chamber ensemble and singers, came together for this Late Night Prom. Both pieces were almost hypnotic, and made for a very intense, but highly satisfying musical experience.

****1