Steve Reich at 90 - The Desert Music

The Steve Reich 90th birthday tribute weekend from the Glasshouse International Centre of Music in Gateshead continues with performances of some of Reich's most enduring music, including The Desert Music, one of his few pieces for full orchestra. This 'cantata' is a setting of recorded texts by the Poet William Carlos Williams which imagine "The Orchestra" as a metaphor for human civilisation.

Introduced by Elizabeth Alker

Steve Reich -
Clapping Music
Colin Currie and Jude Charlton (percussion)
Steve Reich -
Double Sextet
The Desert Music

Royal Northern Sinfonia
Colin Currie (conductor)