Steve Reich and Stephen Sondheim, as part of Lincoln Center's American Songbook series, took part in an evening of conversation, moderated by WNYC's John Schaefer, on January 31, 2015. This special occasion marked the first the time the two appeared together on stage. The evening, which also included performances of several of their seminal works by Paul Gemignani, George Lee Andrews, Kate Baldwin, Michael Cerveris, Ensemble Signal, Alexander Gemignani, and Derek Johnson, was filmed by Lincoln Center. Watch it here.
Steve Reich and Stephen Sondheim were featured in Lincoln Center's 2015 American Songbook series. The two composers took part in an evening of conversation, moderated by WNYC's John Schaefer, in The Appel Room, beautifully situated above New York's Columbus Circle and Central Park, on January 31, 2015. This special occasion marked the first the time the two appeared together on stage. The evening, which also included performances of several of their seminal works by Paul Gemignani, George Lee Andrews, Kate Baldwin, Michael Cerveris, Ensemble Signal, Alexander Gemignani, and Derek Johnson, was filmed by Lincoln Center and is now available to watch below.
Steve Reich has released more than twenty recordings on Nonesuch Records since the release of The Desert Music in 1985. His latest album, Radio Rewrite, released in 2014, features the first recording of the 2012 title piece, which references two songs by Radiohead. Nonesuch has released several Broadway cast recordings of works by Stephen Sondheim, including Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Company, and, most recently, A Little Night Music.
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