Two Steve Reich premieres from Kronos Quartet, plus Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo playing with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, electronica maverick Dan Deacon joining So Percussion – and the BBC Symphony Orchestra performing music by three generations of American composers, including former Battles frontman Tyondai Braxton, who joins them onstage. Steve Reich's Variations for Winds Strings and Keyboards (BBC SO under André de Ridder); Anna Clyne's 'Rewind' (BBC SO); Michael Gordon's 'Rewriting Beethoven's Seventh Symphony' (BBC SO – UK premiere); Bryce Dessner's 'Aheym (Homeward)' Kronos Quartet (UK premiere); Trad arr Judith Berkson and Jacob Garchik) 'Ov Horachamim' Kronos Quartet (UK premiere); Perotin arr Kronos Quartet 'Viderunt Omnes' (Kronos Quartet); Steve Reich's 'WTC 9/11' (Kronos Quartet – European premiere, Barbican co-commission); Tyondai Braxton's 'Central Market' (Tyondai Braxton/BBC SO); Dan Deacon's 'Ghostbuster Cook: The Origin of the Riddler' (Dan Deacon/So Percussion); Lee Ranaldo's 'How Deep Are Rivers' (Lee Ranaldo/Bang on a Can All-Stars).
Steve Reich 2x5 Bang on a Can (London premiere)