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Back in August this year, Colin and the Colin Currie Group ventured to Kings Place, London, to record all of Steve Reich's Sextets: Sextet, Double Sextet, Six Marimbas and Dance Patterns, following a successful kickstarter campaign.
The recording marks the first time Reich’s sextet works have been brought together on a single album, released to celebrate the composer’s 90th birthday in 2026, and coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Colin Currie Group.
““The Colin Currie Group continues to give outstanding
performances and make great recordings of more
and more of my music. Colin himself not only performs
but frequently conducts my larger scale works.
This recording of ‘The Sextets’ presents four pieces
that are all for different combinations of instruments that
create different kinds of music – compare Six Marimbas
to Double Sextet for instance. What is common here
is an absolutely top level of performance.””
Steve Reich: The Sextets releases 10 April 2026 on Colin Currie Records.