Programme

Celebrating
St ve
Reich: 90

Playing with Minimalism
Grand Auditorium
Sun
Colin Currie Group sitting together in black formal clothes on a white background, smiling at the camera.
©: Frances Marshall

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Steve Reich Music for Pieces of Wood Quartet for 2 pianos and 2 vibraphones Music for 18 Musicians for ensemble and voices

The artists

  • Colin Currie Group
  • Imogen Parry voice
  • Freya Parry voice
  • Alison Ponsford-Hill voice
  • Katy Hill voice
  • Emma Burgess clarinet
  • Michelle Hromin clarinet
  • Jonathan Morton violin
  • Robin Michael cello
  • Owen Gunnell percussion
  • Adrian Spillett percussion
  • George Barton percussion
  • Catherine Ring percussion
  • Iris van den Bos percussion
  • Siwan Rhys piano
  • Philip Moore piano
  • Dave Maric piano
  • Joseph Havlat piano
  • Colin Currie conductor

song

This concert celebrates two birthdays:

that of Steve Reich, who turns 90 in 2026, and that of the Colin Currie Group, founded twenty years ago by the British percussionist to perform almost exclusively the works of the composer of repetitive music. The programme notably features Music for 18 Musicians, a legendary piece that has become emblematic of the composer’s entire body of work.