The unstoppable quartet So Percussion returns with a program of music by Steve Reich, one of the most startlingly original creative voices of our time—and the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for music. Reich’s work embraces rigorous structures and propulsive rhythms alongside a harmonic language rooted in non-Western and American vernacular music (tracing to his studies of Balinese Gamelan, African drumming, and jazz). For this event, So Percussion performs works spanning 40 years, including the U.S. premiere of Reich’s most recent composition, Mallet Quartet, commissioned by Lively Arts.
- Venue: Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University
- Date: Sat January 9, 2010 8:00pm
- City: Palo Alto
- Price Range: $40 to $46
- Tickets: (650) 725-2787
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December 17, 2009
Working closely with Steve Reich, percussionist Adam Sliwinski realized that the powerful pulse that propels Reich’s music seems embodied by the septuagenarian composer himself.
“He never seems to be resting on his laurels; he’s constantly searching, constantly creating new stuff,” testifies the 30-year-old Sliwinski, whose four-member ensemble, So Percussion, will present an all-Reich program at Stanford’s Dinkelspiel Auditorium on Jan. 9.
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