Shapeshifter Presents: Reich & Andriessen – A Minimalist Double Bill

Conductor Matthew Coorey
Steve Reich City Life
Louis Andriessen De Staat

Steve Reich’s City Life captures the sounds, speech and spirit of New York City. Louis Andriessen described De Staat (The Republic) as “a contribution to the debate about the relation of music to politics”, taking Plato’s Republic as its starting point. Trinity Laban’s Shapeshifter ensemble takes on both works for an inspiring double bill of contemporary minimalist classics.