Steve Reich: Different Trains
06 October @ 7.00pm to 8.15pm
About Steve Reich: Different Trains
Propulsive, elegaic and affecting music, performed by a world-renowned string quartet.
Steve Reich’s Different Trains is one of the defining works of the late 20th century, earning the composer a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition in 1989 and inspired by the train journeys Reich took as a child across the United States during the Second World War.
Fragments of speech from train conductors, Holocaust survivors and Reich’s governess are interwoven with live strings, creating a haunting sonic tapestry. For this performance, the tape track has been remastered for spatialised sound, animating it with a vividness beyond what listeners may previously have heard, and brought to life alongside the Ligeti Quartet.
Alongside it is Justė Janulytė’s Circle for a Square, a reimagining of a work originally conceived for four string quartets that plays with the sense of space and time, and Reich’s Triple Quartet, a three-movement work of exhilarating momentum and intensity, written for three string quartets.
Three different journeys, with the groundbreaking Ligeti Quartet as bold and brilliant guides.
Performers:
Ligeti Quartet
Repertoire:
Steve Reich Different Trains
Justė Janulytė Circle for a Square
Steve Reich Triple Quartet
Reviews
“Technical mastery and creative interpretation.”
Bachtrack
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
From £14.00 to £30.80
Tickets are subject to a transaction fee
Dates & times:
Tuesday 06 October 2026 at 7.00pm
Running time:
1 hour 15 minutes, with no interval
Location:
Sohmen Concert Hall
