Members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw perform Steve Reich’s Octet (1979, later reworked into Eight Lines) and an early version of Music for a Large Ensemble (1978, rev. 1979). Steve Reich himself supervised the performance and played piano. Octet: 0:00 Music for a Large Ensemble: 22:02 Recorded live at the Festival de Saint-Denis in Paris on June 23rd 1979.
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