The Reich stuff; A Prom and Barbican season mark the 70th birthday of composer Steve Reich, and a premiere of his new work about a reporter murdered in Pakistan confirms he is still at the cutting edge STEVE Reich is preoccupied these days with contemporary.

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: August 9, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: NORMAN LEBRECHT

torments. For the past year he has been writing a set of variations in memory of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who, in October 2002, was kidnapped and butchered in Pakistan while researching links between its intelligence services and al Qaeda. Pearl was an enthusiastic violinist and his parents have created a foundation in his memory to promote interfaith tolerance and new music. Elton John, Ravi Shankar and Barbra Streisand are among its patrons. Steve Reich was enlisted to add his particular gloss of wisdom and consolation.

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