Steve Reich has been selected as next week's BBC Radio 3 Composer of the Week. Each day throughout the week, the program, which airs at noon and 10 PM BST, will present an interview with Reich and music from throughout his career, from 1965's groundbreaking It's Gonna Rain to the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet, featured on his latest Nonesuch album.

First up, on Monday's show, presenter David Macleod focuses on Reich's early influences and plays excerpts from It's Gonna Rain and Music for 18 Musicians. On Tuesday, Reich discusses the challenges of writing orchestral music, with the day's music including The Four Sections and Tehillim. Wednesday's program will feature a rare complete performance of his 1971 work Drumming.

"Steve Reich's music crosses boundaries—admired by classical concertgoers, rock bands and house music DJs alike," says the BBC. "His work rips apart the conventions of genre ... to create something completely new that sits equally happily in the concert hall, art gallery or rock concert."

The show goes on to say: "Just as composers like Beethoven, Shostakovich and Mahler captured their era in their compositions, so Reich's music distills the pulsating rhythm and routine of 21st century urban life."

For more on next week's Composer of the Week schedule and to listen in online, visit bbc.co.uk.

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And speaking of the aforementioned "rock bands and house music DJs," there are now fewer than three weeks left in the search for collaborators to remix the third movement of Reich's new piece 2x5, which is written for rock instrumentation and is paired with Double Sextet on the new album. Remixers can visit Indaba Music to create their own version of the movement till November 9, at which point the selection process begins. Enter now at indabamusic.com.

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To pick up a copy of Double Sextet / 2x5 or any of the albums in the Nonesuch Reich catalog, visit the Nonesuch Store.