STEVE REICH Clapping Music (1972)
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, conductor
January 29, 2017
Quartet (2013)
Runner (2015) (US Premiere, Cal Performances co-commission)
Radio Rewrite (2012)
Double Sextet (2007)
What better way to celebrate Steve Reich's 80th birthday than with a Cal Performances co-commission and US premiere? Reich, "the most original music thinker of our time" (The New Yorker), premieres his new Runner, performed by Ensemble Signal, which won rave reviews and a Diapason d'Or for its recording of the composer's Music for 18 Musicians. The program also includes Reich's Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet and the 1972 classic, Clapping Music.
STEVE REICH Clapping Music (1972)
Ensemble Signal
Brad Lubman, conductor
January 29, 2017
Quartet (2013)
Runner (2015) (US Premiere, Cal Performances co-commission)
Radio Rewrite (2012)
Double Sextet (2007)
What better way to celebrate Steve Reich's 80th birthday than with a Cal Performances co-commission and US premiere? Reich, "the most original music thinker of our time" (The New Yorker), premieres his new Runner, performed by Ensemble Signal, which won rave reviews and a Diapason d'Or for its recording of the composer's Music for 18 Musicians. The program also includes Reich's Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet and the 1972 classic, Clapping Music.
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