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Aug 15

Colin Currie Group makes Helsinki Festival Debut with Steve Reich

The Colin Currie Group makes its debut at the Helsinki Festival on 19 August 2015 with an all-Reich programme, featuring Colin Currie and Steve Reich performing Clapping Music and the group giving the Finnish premiere of Quartet.

The Helsinki Festival continues its tradition of showcasing prominent contemporary composers with this all-Reich programme that sees members of the group collaborating with Avanti! Chamber Orchestra to perform Steve Reich’s Radio Rewrite. The concert also features the group performing Sextet and Avanti! performing Pendulum Music, Reich’s 1968 composition for microphones and speakers.

The group has enjoyed a busy 2014/15 season, including a five-concert tour of The Netherlands, performances of Music for 18 Musicians at Saffron Hall and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall, performances of Drumming in Paris and Prague and the world and regional premieres of Steve Reich’s work composed for the group, Quartet.