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Music Matters: Steve Reich at 85

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Steve Reich at 85

BBC Radio 3 - Music Matters, Steve Reich at 85

Tom Service interviews Steve Reich as he celebrates his 85th birthday, and talks to Thomas Adès about the forthcoming premiere of The Dante Project with the Royal Ballet.

Tom Service talks to American composer Steve Reich as he celebrates his 85th birthday, and hears about his upcoming premiere of new work Traveler's Prayer.

As the Royal Ballet celebrates its 90th anniversary, Tom talks to some of the creative team behind its upcoming new work: The Dante Project. Composer Thomas Ades, designer Tacita Dean and dancer Edward Watson reveal what's in store.

Tom meets up with author Michael Church at Cecil Sharp House in London to talk about Michael's new book, Musics Lost and Found: Song Collectors and the Life and Death of Folk Tradition. Tom also talks to Veronica Doubleday about her many years of folksong collecting in Afghanistan, and her assessment of how the country's rich folksong heritage will be affected by its new government.

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