Steve Reich at 75: the rebel who changed classical music

The American composer has never compromised to fit in with classical music. Instead, it has changed to accommodate himOn Wednesday 10 August, Steve Reich has a 75th birthday concert at the Proms. He's celebrating with Germany's finest new-music group, Ensemble Modern, and a performance of his Music for 18 Musicians, that seductive, pulsing, life-affirming hour of rhythmic invention and slow-moving tectonic harmonies. It's music that still sounds new to my ears, one of those pieces it's almost im...

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