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Steve Reich festival review – Colin Currie and the Hallé ease into the groove

The Hallé’s celebration of the 87-year-old composer, curated by percussionist Colin Currie, opened with masterly performances of his intricate works, including the shimmeringly beautiful Music for Ensemble and Orchestra

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From All of Us Strangers to Daniel Sloss: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal are lovers across time in a superb fantasy-drama, and the comedian’s comedian tours his cerebral, laser-guided standup

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“I said, ‘Really? You don’t practise any more?’ He said, ‘One day I just sort of realised I could play.’ I’m wondering if I’ll get to that level… we’re about to find out!” Pat Metheny just wants to understand music

Multi-faceted pioneer hasn’t played guitar for six months - but he’ll be up and working by 5am every day

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Bex Burch: There Is Only Love and Fear review – messy minimalism that grooves hard

The percussionist shares characteristics with Steve Reich or John Adams, but intersects this with sounds from Mali, Bali and Latin America in a freakish fusion of jazz, techno and funk

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From pop to classical to avant-garde: the 15 best Sydney Opera House shows to stream for free

The venue is releasing 50 archival films across the next two months, to celebrate its 50th year. Our editors and critics have selected the top picks

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Ash Walker: "Some people say they never put reverb on bass, but they obviously didn’t listen to a lot of dub records"

Joining the dots between King Tubby, Steve Reich and J Dilla, Ash Walker adopted an ‘anti-engineering’ approach to his latest album, Astronaut

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‘Here’s a green blob. What does it sound like?’: the kids’ orchestra making mind-expanding noise

Cornwall Youth Noise Orchestra sounds like the harsh end of 80s industrial and freaks out even their teachers. Ahead of a major concert, we visit their adventurous sound lab

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Zeena Parkins: Lace review – delicately woven patterns of intricate beauty

The harpist and Björk collaborator showcases a conceptual work based on repeating figures of simplicity and discordant complexity – like Steve Reich played by a clown troupe

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The week in classical: Reich/Richter; St John Passion – review

The grand 2019 collaboration between Steve Reich and Gerhard Richter faced stiff competition from an Anna Clyne miniature

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London Sinfonietta/Kamps review – intricacies of Reich/Richter fascinate and overwhelm

The Sinfonietta performed Reich’s ensemble piece as it was originally intended – with Richter’s abstract film projected behind it

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Robert Fripp: "Why didn’t I become a blues guitarist? Probably because I wasn’t a very good blues guitarist"

King Crimson co-founder Robert Fripp on choosing guitar, musical influences, band principles and heartbreaking departures

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The Greenhouse Effect review – bells, birdsong and a bubble-wrapped piano

An environmental theme unified this theatrical and immersive concert that included works by Steve Reich, Claudia Molitor and Mátyás Wettl

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BBCNOW/Coorey review – mills to bells and rain: Colin Riley conjures the Welsh landscape

Steve Reich’s tribute to New York was neatly paired with a Gershwin, with the world premiere of Colin Riley’s powerful seven-movement ode to Wales the concert’s centrepiece

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Home prices decelerating by record amount, according to new report

Could housing prices finally be coming back down to earth? Year-over-year home-price growth decelerated at a record-setting pace in July 2022. S&P CoreLogic’s latest Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price NSA Index, released September 27, reports that price growth dropped by 2.3% from June to July — from 18.1% to 15.8%.

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Steve Reich: Reich/Richter review – intricate riffs on the rhythms of painter’s abstract film

The patterns of a work by Gerhard Richter inspire one of Reich’s most impressive recent pieces, elegantly performed in 2020

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‘He would get high before teaching’: how Mills College gave birth to music’s boldest minds

Fuelled by psychedelic counterculture, the Californian university has nurtured Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson and more – and caused riots at its concerts. But can it survive?

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