First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod discusses Steve Reich's early upbringing and influences with the composer, presenting excerpts from the seminal tape piece It's Gonna Rain and Music for 18 Musicians. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod discusses the perils and pitfalls of writing for the orchestra with Steve Reich, and presents a rare performance of the composer's sensuous piece The Four Sections. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod introduces Steve Reich's extraordinary and visionary work of 1971 Drumming, inspired by the intricate drum patterns of the Ewe tribe of Ghana. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod presents one of Steve Reich's most haunting works for voices, Proverb, and his Double Sextet, winner of a Pulitzer Prize in 2009. Show more
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3
Donald Macleod talks to Steve Reich about two of his most original large-scale works of the late 1980s and 90s - the video opera The Cave and Different Trains, for string quartet. Show more
