2026 brings a rare alignment of milestones: the 50th anniversary of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians, the composer’s 90th birthday, and enSRQ’s own 10th season. Reich’s groundbreaking 1976 work remains one of the most iconic statements in contemporary music—a luminous tapestry of interlocking rhythms, pulsing harmonies, and slowly shifting patterns that seem to suspend time. Presenting this masterpiece in celebration of its golden anniversary is both an homage to a living legend and a reaffirmation of enSRQ’s dedication to adventurous, transformative performance.

Program:

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians (1976) 40-50’

The Messiah, G. F. Handel

soprano soloist

Daniel Spratlan, conductor