Posts By: intermusica

The Colin Currie Group tours to Tokyo at the beginning of March for their first ever performances of Reich’s Tehillim at Tokyo Opera City. As part of a worldwide celebration of his music and to mark his 80th birthday in late 2016, Steve Reich will also join the group in Tokyo and perform Clapping Music with… Read more »

“It is a great honour and a long-held ambition of the group to add Tehillim to our repertoire. This work stands out amongst Reich’s many notable masterpieces, as arguably his most melodic music, and we are delighted to be joined by our artistic partners at Synergy Vocals for the solo voices. The highly enticing line-up… Read more »

Colin Currie and Sam Walton take a look back at 2016, and at what’s to come in 2017. “2016 was the year in which the group really consolidated their work on Music for 18 Musicians. We played the piece variously, at our London home of the Southbank Centre, in the stunning Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, and… Read more »

On 19 November members of the Colin Currie Group will lead a Reich Day at Wells Cathedral School’s Cedars Hall as part of the new hall’s opening season programme. Colin Currie, Adrian Spillett, Owen Gunnell and Sam Walton will join young percussion students from the specialist music school in an in depth exploration of the… Read more »

On 8 November, the Colin Currie Group is joined by Steve Reich for its debut at Cambridge Music Festival with a performance featuring Music for 18 Musicians.  Prior to the concert, Reich joins Colin Currie for a pre-performance talk at The Guildhall in Cambridge featuring discussion and performance of Reich’s music. Reich then joins Currie to open the concert,… Read more »

Colin Currie and Sam Walton of the Colin Currie Group perform Reich’s Clapping Music for an 80th birthday tribute. Happy birthday, Steve!  #ReichAt80 #Reich80  

Colin Currie Group debuts at the 30th Macau International Music Festival on 7 October 2016, performing music by Steve Reich in the same week as the composer’s 80th birthday. The performance at Macau Cultural Centre includes Music for Pieces of Wood, Mallet Quartet and Drumming and sold out months in advance. Whilst in Macau, Colin… Read more »

The group’s 2016/17 season includes a sold out concert in Macau, Reich 80th birthday celebrations, returns to Tokyo and London, and new repertoire: Tehillim. They begin the season on 7 October with an already sold-out debut in Macao at the 30th Macao International Music Festival, performing Reich’s Drumming just days after the composer’s 80th birthday. Following this,… Read more »

After sell-out concerts at London’s Southbank Centre and at Rotterdam’s Laurenskerk, the Colin Currie Group headed into the studio to record Steve Reich’s Quartet for two pianos and two vibraphones. They were joined by Reich himself in the studio – see photos of the day below. The recording will be released on Nonesuch, release date… Read more »

After a standing ovation at the Royal Festival Hall on Tuesday 24 May, the Colin Currie Group now heads to Rotterdam for two more performances of Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians on 26 May. The group performs in the spectacular setting of the Laurenskerk church, the only remnant of medieval Rotterdam. Take a look at some… Read more »