Britten Sinfonia/Muhly/Collon | Classical review

Roundhouse, LondonMuhly, who shared conducting duties with Nicholas Collon, had planned the programme, framing four of his own works with pieces by the two composers who perhaps have influenced him more than any others: Philip Glass (the solo-piano Hot Rocks, played by Muhly), and Steve Reich (the ensemble piece City Life). In Muhly's music, though, there seems more of Reich's rougher-edged sound than of Glass's suaver pulsations, especially in the rhythmic dislocations of a piece such as Step T...

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