Steve Reich's Drumming
Town Hall
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Steve Reich’s Drumming is one of the iconic masterpieces of the last fifty years. Inspired by Reich’s studies in Ghana with master drummer Gideon Alorwoyie, it is a transcendent and dramatic tapestry of pounding bongo drums, mesmerising marimbas, glassy glockenspiels and women’s voices, with an irresistible sense of momentum. Colin Currie’s performances have led a new generation to rediscover this staggering masterwork.
Colin Currie, Sam Walton, Joby Burgess, Tony Bedewi, Adrian Spillet, Richard Benjafield, Owen Gunnell, Andrew Cottee percussion
Rowland Sutherland piccolo
Synergy Vocals
Steve Reich Clapping Music 5’
Nagoya Marimbas 5’
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ 19’
Drumming c.60’
Choir Benches not available.
6.15pm Pre-concert talk.
This concert is part of Town Hall’s Drumming Day.
£5 – £17.50
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Town Hall
- Town Hall, Victoria Square, Birmingham, B3 3DQ, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Part of Birmingham International Concert Season 2009/10
See the world’s greatest artists perform on the UK’s finest stages In the 2009/10 season, you can expect thrilling performances from Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle, Riccardo Muti and Joshua Bell with the Philharmonia, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Murray Perahia, Lang Lang,...
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