The Guardian newspaper once stated that Steve Reich is ‘one of a handful of living composers who can legitimately claim to have altered the course of music history’. Today, Reich celebrates his 84th birthday, and we’ll blow out the candles with a listen to some of his best loved works, and music by artists who have been influential to him, such as John Coltrane, J.S. Bach, Radiohead, and the art of Indonesian Gamelan.
RTÉ lyric fm, Saturday 3rd October, 10pm-1am