# Ensemble Signal with Steve Reich at Hertz Hall, January 29, 2017

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/new-music/ensemble-signal.php) presents a Steve Reich 80th BD Celebration featuring [Ensemble Signal](http://signalensemble.org/)  
[Hertz Hall](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at College Ave, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+College+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94720+USA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Sunday, January 29, 2017

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## Tentative Program

* Steve Reich: Runner (US premiere, Cal Performances co-commission)
* Double Sextet
* You Are (Variations) 

## Set One

[7:04 PM lights down, announcements from Matías Tarnopolsky]

### Reich: Clapping Music

01. [7:08 PM] _Clapping Music_ (1972), performed by Steve Reich & Brad Lubman  
[work ends 7:11 PM; brief pause to set the stage for the next piece]

### Reich: Quartet

_Quartet_ (2013), performed by Bill Solomon and Doug Perkins, vibraphones, and David Friend and Oliver Hagen, pianos

02. [7:12 PM] _Fast_ »
03. [7:19 PM] _Slow_ »
04. [7:24 PM] _Fast_  
[work ends 7:30 PM; long break to reconfigure the stage for the next work]

### Reich: Runner

_Runner_ (2016) (US Premiere, Cal Performances co-commission), performed by Ensemble Signal

05. [7:45 PM] _Even Sixteenths_ »
06. [7:47 PM] _Irregularly Accented Eighths_ »
07. [7:51 PM] _Slow Ghanian Bell Pattern_ »
08. [7:54 PM] _Irregularly Accented Eighths_ »
09. [7:57 PM] _Even Sixteenths with breath pulses_  
[set ends 8:01 PM; lots of applause, Reich joins the ensemble onstage, then all off]

#### Performers

* Caleb Burhans: viola;
* Greg Chudzik: contrabass;
* David Friend: piano;
* Isabel Hagen: viola;
* Oliver Hagen: piano;
* Kelli Kathman: flute;
* Will Knuth: violin;
* Jackie LeClair: oboe;
* [Brad Lubman](http://bradlubman.me/): conductor;
* Kevin McFarland: cello;
* Yuki Numata: violin;
* Courtney Orlando: violin;
* Doug Perkins: vibraphone;
* [Lauren Radnofsky](http://laurenradnofsky.flavors.me/): cello;
* Christa Robinsion: oboe;
* Adrían Sandí: clarinet;
* Jessica Schmitz: flute;
* Bill Solomon: vibraphone;
* Ari Streisfeld: violin;
* Ken Thomson: clarinet.

## Set Two

[8:24 PM lights down, band out]

### Reich: Radio Rewrite

Reich: _Radio Rewrite_ (2012)

01. [8:26 PM] _Fast (based on Jigsaw Falling into Place)_ »
02. [8:31 PM] _Slow (based on Everything in its Right Place)_ »
03. [8:34 PM] _Fast (based on Jigsaw Falling into Place)_ »
04. [8:37 PM] _Slow (based on Everything in its Right Place)_ »
05. [8:41 PM] _Fast (based on Jigsaw Falling into Place)_  
[work ends 8:45 PM; break to reconfigure the stage for the next work]

#### Performers

* Greg Chudzik: bass;
* David Friend: piano;
* Isabel Hagen: viola;
* Oliver Hagen: piano;
* Kelli Kathman: flute;
* [Brad Lubman](http://bradlubman.me/): conductor;
* Yuki Numata: violin;
* Courtney Orlando: violin;
* Doug Perkins: vibraphone;
* [Lauren Radnofsky](http://laurenradnofsky.flavors.me/): cello;
* Adrían Sandí: clarinet;
* Bill Solomon: vibraphone.

### Reich: Double Sextet

[8:54 PM lights down, band out]

_Double Sextet_ (2007), Brad Lubman, conducting.

01. [8:56 PM] _Fast_ »
02. [8:59 PM] _Slow_ »
03. [9:05 PM] _Fast_  
[set ends 9:12 PM; long stretch for applause, all off by 9:15 PM]

#### Performers: Sextet I

* David Friend: piano;
* Kelli Kathman: flute;
* Courtney Orlando: violin;
* [Lauren Radnofsky](http://laurenradnofsky.flavors.me/): cello;
* Adrían Sandí: clarinet;
* Bill Solomon: vibraphone;

#### Performers: Sextet II

* Oliver Hagen: piano;
* Kevin McFarland: cello;
* Doug Perkins: vibraphone;
* Jessica Schmitz: flute;
* Ari Streisfeld: violin;
* Ken Thomson: clarinet.

### Post-Show Q&A Session

[9:19 PM; Matías Tarnopolsky speaks with Steve Reich]  
[Q&A Session ends 9:47 PM]


## Notes

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Jeff Kaliss posted a nice [promo article](https://www.sfcv.org/events-calendar/artist-spotlight/steve-reich-is-running-strong) about Steve Reich on SFCV.

Joshua Kosman posted a [review](http://www.sfchronicle.com/music/article/Ensemble-Signal-celebrates-Reich-s-recent-work-10894611.php) of the show at SFGate. It was nice to read his insights, but I'm flumoxxed as to how he could describe _Clapping Music_ as "unpredictable."

Rebecca Wishnia posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/cal-performances/reich-is-ripe-at-80) for SFCV. I was surprised that she seemed to expect Radio Rewrite to be a more rocking piece: I guess that's evidence of the baggage of expectations!

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