Prom 36: Ensemble Modern/Reich – review

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThis well-attended late-night event had a genuine feeling of celebration. In October, the leading American composer Steve Reich turns 75, and his ongoing acceptance into the pantheon of the greats of the western classical tradition was marked here by the inaugural Proms outing of two of his major works.Wearing his trademark baseball cap, Reich took part in two items in this retrospective, firstly joined by percussionist Rainer Römer in the short but seminal Clapping Mus...

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