Throughout Maximum Reich on Q2, you'll be able to hear Reich provide his own introductions directly for you for almost 20 of his seminal works. Only here can you hear each introduction in its entirety, from Drummingto Music for 18 Musicians to the recent Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet.

Steve Reich has taken over our blog. For each day of an eight-day extended Maximum Reich blog, Q2 reveals a new portrait of Reich from those with deeply personal connections to the man and his music, including devoted musicians and ensembles, conductors, and a former member of Steve Reich and Musicians. Check back in each day, as we light another candle of tribute to this icon of contemporary music.

You can't get it on iTunes. You can't get it in a record store. But you can get it on Thursday as part of an exclusive download made available by Nonesuch Records . It's the six-minute-plus Dance Patterns composed in 2002 for xylophones, vibraphones, and pianos, and originally released online as a bonus track to the Daniel Variations CD. Have a peek now, but come back on Thursday and take it with you.

Q2 artist-in-residence, violist and black-belt new music champion, Nadia Sirota takes center stage on Maximum Reich with a 2-hour daily exploration of that day’s particular theme and featured music. The seven daily features of Maximum Reich cover the breadth of his output, from the early days to his recent Pulitzer Prize-winning Double Sextet, from percussion to choral music, from solo tape to large ensemble. If you’re Dante, and you need a Virgil in the musical universe of Steve Reich, this is for you.

Steve Reich embodies all that is New York. His sound is local, but globally relevant; diverse but stylistically coherent. 

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