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The all-Reich program will also include the US premiere of "Two Pianos," "Electric Counterpoint," "Double Sextet," and "Jacob's Ladder." Learn more: www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/202...

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Carnegie Hall salutes Steve Reich at 90 this October with a Birthday Celebration concert on October 22, featuring the US premiere of his new work for large ensemble, "In All Your Ways."

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Looking back on his long career—and ahead to the premiere of his new work "In All Your Ways," written for the Colin Currie Group—Reich shares what continues to drive his music forward. The new work will be performed in cities around the world in the 2026–27 season.

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“We’re going to have a tonal center and tap our feet—and that’s the way it is.” Steve Reich reflects on bringing tonality and pulse back into music in a wide-ranging conversation with Tom Service for the February 2026 edition of BBC Music Magazine.

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Best Classical Music Albums of 2025

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The @nytimes.com list of the Best Classical Albums of 2025 includes the 27-disc box set "Steve Reich Collected Works." David Weininger says, "Behold the grand arc of an American master’s composing career, from the early phase works of the 1960s to some of his newest works."

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5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now

"The Reich, set to William Carlos Williams’s poetry about the testing and detonation of nuclear weapons, is a thing of contradictions. Melodic and dissonant, percussive and smooth, it consistently pushes minimalism to its max," says @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/a...

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Nonesuch Records is having 24-hour Flash Sale: 50% off all inventory on their site, including all Steve Reich vinyl, CD, HD, MP3, and merch (pre-orders and items over $250 excluded). Head over to store.nonesuch.com and enter promo code SUMMER at checkout. Sale ends Thursday at 10am ET.

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Steve Reich's Nonesuch Selects Composer Steve Reich stopped by for the Nonesuch Selects video series, in which artists visit the Nonesuch office, pick some of their favorite albums from the music library, and share a few words on their choices. Opening music: Steve Reich's 'Jacob's Ladder: I. Genesis 28:12' Steve Reich's Nonesuch Selects: 0:18 Kronos Quartet's 'Early Music' https://kronosquartet.lnk.to/earlymusic 1:57 John Adams's 'Hallelujah Junction' from 'Road Movies' https://johnadams.lnk.to/roadmovies 2:37 Nonesuch Explorer Series, 'The Balinese Gamelan: Music from the Morning of the World' https://nonesuch.lnk.to/MorningOfTheWorld 3:49 Nonesuch Explorer Series, 'Africa: Ancient Ceremonies, Dance Music & Songs of Ghana' https://nonesuch.lnk.to/GhanaAncientCeremonies 4:34 Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion's 'Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part' https://nonesuch.lnk.to/letthesoil You can hear a playlist of music from Steve Reich's Nonesuch Selects at https://stevereich.lnk.to/NonesuchSelects Video by Robert Edridge-Waks Watch the complete 'Nonesuch Selects' series at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpMx6WPPoWyaqnfP6uYLwIcG-hQXMCttt #SteveReich #NonesuchSelects #Nonesuch #NonesuchRecords

Steve Reich stopped by @nonesuch.com for the Nonesuch Selects video series to share some favorite recordings by Kronos Quartet, John Adams, and Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion, and from the Nonesuch Explorer Series in Bali and Ghana: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dIw...

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**GIVEAWAY CLOSED**
Thank you to all who participated! The five winners will be contacted via Instagram on Monday, July 28.

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Learn more about the prizes:
- "Jacob's Ladder" score: www.boosey.com/.../Reich-St...
- "Steve Reich: Jacob's Ladder / Traveler's Prayer" album: www.nonesuch.com/.../jacobs-l...

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This giveaway closes on Thursday, July 24 at 5pm ET and the five winners will be notified (on Instagram) on Monday, July 28.

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Enter to win this Reich bundle by:
1. Following @booseyandhawkes on Instagram
2. Liking this post: www.instagram.com/p/DMdAHAIA2B...
3. Commenting on this Instagram post with the first Reich piece you heard

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This giveaway closes on Thursday, July 24 at 5pm ET and the five winners will be notified (on Instagram) on Monday, July 28.

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Attention, Steve Reich fans! @booseyandhawkes.bsky.social and @nonesuch.com are offering FIVE lucky winners the following two items:
-Brand new publication of the “Jacob’s Ladder” music score
-Newly released “Steve Reich: Jacob’s Ladder / Traveler’s Prayer” album, featuring world premiere recordings

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"Jacob's Ladder," performed by @nyphilharmonic.bsky.social and Synergy Vocals, was made during its October 2023 world premiere at
@lincolncenter.bsky.social. "Traveler's Prayer," performed by Colin Currie Group and Synergy Vocals, was made at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall in 2023.

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@nonesuch.com has released an album comprising the first recordings of Steve Reich’s latest works—"Jacob’s Ladder" and "Traveler’s Prayer." Listen here: stevereich.lnk.to/JacobsLadder...

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Listen: Steve Reich Talks with John Wilson on BBC Radio 4's 'This Cultural Life' | Nonesuch Records The official site of Nonesuch Records

"Composer Steve Reich is one of the most influential musicians of modern times," BBC Radio 4's
@johnwilson14.bsky.social says of his 'This Cultural Life' guest. You can hear their conversation about Reich's life, work, and influences, at www.nonesuch.com/journal/list...

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The first recordings of Steve Reich’s two latest works—'Jacob’s Ladder' (2023) and 'Traveler’s Prayer' (2020)—are due on CD July 11 via @nonesuch.com. You can hear it and pre-order now at stevereich.lnk.to/JacobsLadder...

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Tune in to hear Steve Reich in conversation with Alexis Ffrench as Artist of the Week on Apple Music's Classical Connections Radio this Saturday at 6pm BST / 1pm EDT: apple.co/classicalconnections

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#4999 With Steve Reich | New Sounds | WNYC Influential composer, Pulitzer Prize-winner, and New Yorker Steve Reich reflects on six decades: from early musical signposts to setting Hebrew texts, on the release of a new boxed set.

Steve Reich was on @newsounds.bsky.social to discuss what host John Schaefer calls Reich's "six decade long career at the forefront of contemporary music" and the new 27-disc box set 'Collected Works.' You can hear the episode via @wnyc.org: www.wnyc.org/story/4999-s...

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BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, In the Studio: Steve Reich Composer Steve Reich reflects on six decades of musical innovation

"His career has not only helped define the latest era of classical music, but had an enormous influence on pop, rock and electronica. He has helped shape 20th Century music in a way few can claim to match." —BBC World Service 'In the Studio' on Steve Reich. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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"Nonesuch’s beautifully produced set is an excellent showcase for @stevereich.bsky.social classics." — @thewiremagazine.bsky.social on 'Steve Reich Collected Works'

You can get the 27-disc box set at stevereich.lnk.to/collectedworks

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“If your heart and your mind aren’t in harmony and working together simultaneously, you may have something that momentarily is thrilling—but Wednesday of next week, you don’t want to hear it as much.”

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“The emotional aspect of music has always been, to me, paramount,” Steve Reich tells @michaelbrodeur.bsky.social
in a @washingtonpost.com article on the new 27-disc box set 'Steve Reich Collected Works.' www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

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How well do you know @stevereich.bsky.social’s music? Test your ear with our “Name That Piece: Steve Reich Edition” challenge! We’ve lined up 10 mystery tracks from Reich’s renowned recording catalog with @nonesuch.com in celebration of the recently released “Steve Reich Collected Works."

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Steve Reich recorded a Selected Works track-by-track for
@appleclassical.bsky.social to mark the release of a number of his albums in Spatial Audio there, from 'Music for 18 Musicians' to the just-released 'Jacob's Ladder / Traveler's Prayer.'

🎧: classical.music.apple.com/gb/artist/11...

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Steve Reich answers The Guardian readers' questions about David Bowie, Grateful Dead, Philip Glass, Radiohead, & more in celebration of the release of the new 27-disc box set 'Steve Reich Collected Works.' You can see what he had to say in The Reader Interview at www.theguardian.com/.../steve-re....

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"It makes me feel very good ... The music is going to have a life independent of me ... I'm very proud that it happened. And now I'm busily working on the next piece." — @stevereich.bsky.social on his new 'Collected Works' box set in conversation w/Tom Huizenga @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/03/14/n...

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'Steve Reich Collected Works' includes two extensive booklets with new essays by Robert Hurwitz, Michael Tilson Thomas, Russell Hartenberger, Judith Sherman, and @nicomuhly.bsky.social, and a comprehensive listener’s guide by @timoandres.bsky.social.

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