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Colin and the Colin Currie Group continue their celebrations of Steve Reich’s 90th birthday with upcoming concerts at Philharmonie de Paris on 15 November, and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie on 4 December.
These concerts both feature territorial premieres of Reich’s new work In All Your Ways, and will also feature electric guitarist Bryce Dessner performing Reich’s Electric Counterpoint.
The Paris concert will be broadcast on Radio France’s France Musique on the 25 November at 8pm CET. Listen here.
Watch Colin conduct the Colin Currie Group in the world premiere of Steve Reich's In All Your Ways at the Edinburgh International Festival - courtesy of Edinburgh International Festival:
"It was music that was always on the way somewhere, and took a lot of sonic delight in getting there, even if its ever-changing rhythms and tempos set considerable challenges to Currie as conductor – which he more that rose to in a buoyant and unfailingly nimble account. Given universally crisp, committed performances, In All Your Ways was joyfully inventive, youthfully witty and – in its own way – quietly radical too.”
The Scotsman, ★★★★★
Later this month, the Colin and the Group will also perform at Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre on 28 November as part of its Day of Psalms celebration, featuring Reich’s Tehillim, Clapping Music and Pulse.