Music for 18 Musicians

Experience Steve Reich’s minimalist masterpiece performed by Paraorchestra in our trademark immersive style. 

Music for 18 Musicians was a revelation for orchestral music when it premiered fifty years ago: its thrumming, transcendental soundscape made Steve Reich a household name and propelled minimalism into the mainstream consciousness. Its influence has reverberated through generations and a myriad of different genres, inspiring artists from David Bowie to Aphex Twin to Björk.

Paraorchestra perform Music for 18 Musicians in our signature immersive style, inviting audiences to roam amongst the players as we transform the orchestra into a living sonic installation. 

With no barrier between audience and performer, audiences are invited to move amongst pulsing marimbas and experience Reich's sublime shifting phases piece free from rules, expectation or pretence.