Composer of the Week - Steve Reich (b.1936)
Donald Macleod talks exclusively to one of the world's most celebrated living composers, Steve Reich, and presents music spanning his remarkable musical career
Composer of the Week - Steve Reich (b.1936) - Episode 1
Donald Macleod discusses Steve Reich's early upbringing and influences with the composer, presenting excerpts from the seminal tape piece It's Gonna Rain and Music for 18 Musicians.
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Composer of the Week - Steve Reich (b.1936) - Episode 2
Donald Macleod discusses the perils and pitfalls of writing for the orchestra with Steve Reich, and presents a rare performance of the composer's sensuous piece The Four Sections.
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Composer of the Week - Steve Reich (b.1936) - Episode 3
Donald Macleod introduces Steve Reich's extraordinary and visionary work of 1971 Drumming, inspired by the intricate drum patterns of the Ewe tribe of Ghana.
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Composer of the Week - Steve Reich (b.1936) - Episode 4
Donald Macleod talks to Steve Reich about two of his most original large-scale works of the late 1980s and 90s - the video opera The Cave and Different Trains, for string quartet.
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Composer of the Week - Steve Reich (b.1936) - Episode 5
Donald Macleod presents one of Steve Reich's most haunting works for voices, Proverb, and the British radio premiere of Double Sextet, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2009.
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