The classic works of Steve Reich in spatial audio
PHASE | PATTERN | PULSE
A masterclass of resonance, repetition, and radiant sound.
PHASE | PATTERN | PULSE
The classic works of Steve Reich in spatial audio
25 Sep 2026 - 11 Oct 2026 | Schwarzman Centre, Oxford
The Sextets
A masterclass of resonance, repetition, and radiant sound.
Presented in full 360° immersive audio, these three sextets - Sextet, Double Sextet and Six Marimbas - distill Steve Reich’s musical language into its purest form: interlocking rhythmic figures, subtle shifts, and harmonies which seem to vibrate in the air. In this innovative format the piece becomes a kinetic experience, moving through space as much as through time.
Music for 18 Musicians
Often described as one of the most important works of American minimalism, Music for 18 Musicians is a mesmerising cycle of pulses, harmonies, and gradual transformations.
In this groundbreaking 360° immersive audio presentation, the piece unfolds as a living ecosystem of sound - expansive, immersive, and endlessly absorbing. Working with the Colin Currie Group, Loss﹥﹤Gain transform Reich’s masterpiece into a spatial experience that reveals its inner logic with striking clarity. Voices, mallet instruments, winds, and pulses orbit the listener, making audible the intricate relationships that drive forward this masterpiece of minimalist music.
Drumming
Created in the early 1970s, Drumming is one of Reich’s most radical and influential works - a piece built entirely from rhythm, repetition, and gradual change.
In this immersive 360° audio experience, the music surrounds you, allowing its shifting phasing patterns to unfold in real time and space.
Spatial audio designers Loss﹥﹤Gain, working with the Colin Currie Group, reimagine Drumming as a fully three-dimensional sound world. Percussive lines drift, collide, and realign around the listener, revealing the precision, patience, and pulse at the heart of the iconic work.
