Steve Reich: The Four Sections at The Glasshouse | Preview
Steve Reich’s The Four Sections comes to The Glasshouse Gateshead on 4 October 2026 as part of the Steve Reich at 90 weekend.
Steve Reich’s The Four Sections comes to The Glasshouse in Gateshead on Sunday 4 October 2026, bringing the Steve Reich at 90 weekend towards its conclusion with a work written to spotlight different parts of the orchestra in turn. Strings, percussion, winds and brass each take the foreground before the full ensemble comes together in the final section.
The structure gives the audience a clear way into Reich’s orchestral writing because each instrumental family gets room to establish its own colour and rhythmic identity. When the orchestra combines in the final movement, those separate ideas begin to lock together into a much larger texture.
The Four Sections at The Glasshouse
The piece is particularly useful within a festival spanning several decades of Reich’s work because it shows how his minimalist language expands in a full orchestral setting. The emphasis remains on pulse and repetition, but the scale changes the physical impact completely.
Event details
- Date: Sunday 4 October 2026
- Venue: The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, Gateshead
Tickets and current information are available through The Glasshouse’s official event page.
