London Sinfonietta

Following its sell-out concert in 2016, the London Sinfonietta returns to Nottingham Contemporary on 22 March, to perform iconic scores from pioneers of minimalism, Steve Reich and Terry Riley.

Reich and Riley changed the direction of music in the 1960s with their deft use of repetition and slow harmonic rhythms creating hypnotic soundscapes. Their influence has been heard in the works of leading contemporary composers and the music of Rock Groups such as The Who, The Soft Machine and Tangerine Dream.

London Sinfonietta soloists will take on Reich’s iconic New York Counterpoint, Electric Counterpoint and Cello Counterpoint and his Violin Phase before joining University of Nottingham music students for Riley’s seminal improvisatory masterpiece In C.