WALL TO WALL Steve Reich Symphony Space's annual "gift to the city."
American composer Steve Reich as part of his 80th birthday celebrations. The marathon includes Reich himself in conversation, as well as a program spanning more than four decades of his work, culminating in a rare performance of Reich’s complex and haunting The Desert Music for chorus and orchestra
Program (as of 4/4/17)
Segment 1: 3pm-5pm
Piano Counterpoint (1973, arr. 2011 by Vincent Corver)
performed by Vicky Chow
WTC 9/11 (2010)
performed by Mivos Quartet
Electric Counterpoint (1987)
performed by Mark Stewart, Dither, and friends
Sidewalk, set to Double Sextet (2007)
performed by Keigwin + Company
Segment 2: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Clapping Music (1972)
City Life (1995)
performed by Alarm Will Sound
Steve Reich and Alan Pierson in Conversation
Four Genesis Settings from The Cave (1990-1993, arr. 2013 by Alan Pierson)
Radio Rewrite (2013)
performed by Alarm Will Sound
Segment 3: 8:30pm-10:30pm
Different Trains (1988)
performed by Mivos Quartet
Steve Reich and Alan Pierson in Conversation
The Desert Music (1983, arr. 2001 by Alan Pierson)
performed by American Composers Orchestra
