Steve Reich: Different Trains with Bryce Dessner

The evening

Two musical trailblazers – percussionist Colin Currie and guitarist/composer Bryce Dessner – join forces with Royal Northern Sinfonia for an electrifying afternoon of music that pushes rhythm to its limits.

Let your ears feast on four incredible pieces by Bryce Dessner – Tromp Miniature, Garcia Counterpoint, Aheym and Murder Ballades, as well as Steve Reich’s most ground-breaking and emotionally powerful works, Different Trains.

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Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes, no interval.

Bryce Dessner Murder Ballades Bryce Dessner Tromp Miniature Bryce Dessner Garcia Counterpoint Steve Reich Different Trains Bryce Dessner Aheym

Colin Currie conductor/percussion Bryce Dessner electric guitar Royal Northern Sinfonia

At the heart of the programme is Steve Reich’s Different Trains, a landmark work and his own personal reflection of the Holocaust. Blending voices, string quartet and pulsing rhythms to haunting effect.

Bryce Dessner brings his own works to the stage too: the driving Tromp Miniature, the intricate Garcia Counterpoint, and Aheym, a surging, emotional journey written about his grandmother’s immigrant story. Add to that the darkly playful Murder Ballades and you’ve got a night of lyrical beauty and unstoppable energy.

Hear Steve Reich talking about the composition of Different Trains.