# Colin Currie Group celebrates Reich’s 90th year with rhythmic late works

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/colin-currie-group-review-steve-reichs-music-is-still-bedazzling/
- Published: 2026-10-29T14:33:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-29T15:07:18+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/oct/29/colin-currie-group-review-steve-reichs-music-is-still-bedazzling-barbican-hall-london
- Topics: Culture, Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Colin Currie Group celebrated Reich’s 90th year with a programme of later works.
- The new *In All Your Ways* was the concert’s high point.
- Reich’s music still displayed rhythmic energy and invention.

## Summary

The Colin Currie Group marked Steve Reich’s 90th year with a London concert focused mainly on music he wrote after turning 71. The programme showed how Reich’s rhythmic inventiveness remains compelling, culminating in the premiere of a new work that the reviewer found especially dazzling.

After an uneven opening, the ensemble performed four works in succession: *Radio Rewrite*, *Double Sextet*, *Quartet* and *In All Your Ways*, alongside the earlier *Clapping Music*. The Pulitzer Prize-winning *Double Sextet* featured intricate patterns between two ensembles, while *Quartet* paired vibraphones in a spare, graceful performance. Written for 16 instruments, *In All Your Ways* draws a rhythmic pattern from Proverbs 3:5–6; the Barbican’s Reich at 90 celebrations continue until May.

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