Celebrate the 90th birthday of Steve Reich, one of the most influential composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, in a programme spanning three landmark works. Different Trains, Eight Lines and Triple Quartet bring together Mivos Quartet, T’ang Quartet, Vértice Quartet, Nomos Quartet and YST musicians, exploring Reich’s distinctive rhythmic language, layered textures and groundbreaking approach to ensemble writing.

PROGRAMME

STEVE REICH
Different Trains

MIVOS QUARTET:
OLIVIA DE PRATO and WILLIAM OVERCASH, violins
VICTOR LOWRIE TAFOYA, viola
NATHAN WATTS, cello

Eight Lines

LIEN BOON HUA, conductor
ERIC LAMB and SIMEON YAP, flute
STEPHANIE TAN and HAYDEN BUTT, clarinet
JONATHAN SHIN and ABIGAIL SIN, pianos
MIVOS QUARTET
VÉRTICE QUARTET:
FOONG SHU YAN ASHLEY and SIEW XUAN YING, violins
GOH KAI'EN SKYLER, viola
LEV ALIEIEV, cello

Triple Quartet

LIEN BOON HUA, conductor
MIVOS QUARTET
T'ANG QUARTET:
ANG CHEK MENG and NG YU-YING, violins
XU ZHUORUI, viola
ARIEL REN ZHIYI, cello
NOMOS QUARTET:
CHEN YUN-LI and CHEN YI-TIEN, violins
HAN OH, guest viola / mentor
ZHU RUONING, cello