Steve Reich, Tyondai Braxton
Robert Worby introduces music by Steve Reich, including the European premiere of WTC 9/11 performed by the Kronos Quartet, and Variations for Wind, Strings and Keyboards.
Robert Worby introduces highlights from Reverberations, an event held at the Barbican Centre in London earlier this month celebrating the work and influence of American composer Steve Reich. Music includes Reich's Variations for Wind, Strings and Keyboards from 1979, and the European premiere of WTC 9/11 for string quartet and pre-recorded voices. Plus excerpts from Central Market, the orchestral project of Tyondai Braxton, former member of the New York experimental rock group Battles.
Steve Reich: Variations for Wind, Strings and Keyboards
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra/Andre de Ridder
Tyondai Braxton: Central Market (excerpts)
Tyondai Braxton and band; Students from the Guildhall School of Music
大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra/Andre de Ridder
Steve Reich: WTC 9/11
Kronos Quartet
Producer: Felix Carey.
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