A full weekend of pioneering music, as some of today’s most visionary artists explore of Steve Reich’s influence on generations of composers and musicians.
SESSION 3
7 May 2011 / 18:00
Barbican Hall
Tickets: £15 / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35
subject to availability
Two Steve Reich premieres, including
Kronos Quartet performing his most recent composition:
WTC 9/11 . Plus Sonic Youth guitarist
Lee Ranaldo playing with the
Bang on a Can All-Stars , electronica maverick
Dan Deacon joining
So Percussion – and the
BBC Symphony Orchestra performing music by three generations of American composers, including former Battles frontman
Tyondai Braxton , who joins them onstage.
Steve Reich
Variations for Winds Strings and Keyboards BBC SO /
André de Ridder
Anna Clyne
Rewind BBC SO /
André de Ridder
Michael Gordon
Rewriting Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony BBC SO /
André de Ridder
Steve Reich
WTC 9/11 Kronos Quartet
Tyondai Braxton
Central Market Tyondai Braxton /
BBC SO /
André de Ridder
Dan Deacon
Ghostbuster Cook: The Origin of the Riddler Dan Deacon /
So Percussion
Lee Ranaldo
How Deep Are Rivers Lee Ranaldo /
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Steve Reich 2x5
Bang on a Can
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