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“Rhythm ’n’ Loops”

Name: “Rhythm ’n’ Loops”
Start: 2026-08-27T19:15:00
Location: Weinmarkt

Lucerne Festival

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Sometimes all it takes is simply clapping your hands to create complex yet deeply grooving rhythms. In keeping with the Festival theme “American Dreams,” a percussion quartet from the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra (LFCO) presents four works by Steve Reich, including his iconic Clapping Music and Drumming. One of the masterminds of American Minimalism, Reich sets simple motifs and rhythms in continuous loops, gradually shifting them agai...

Program

Steve Reich - Clapping Music

Composer

Steve Reich - Music for Pieces of Wood

Steve Reich - Mallet Quartet

Participants

João Carlos Pacheco

Drums

Lucerne Festival

Producer

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4 dates (25 Aug - 27 Aug)

Aug

Tue

6:00 pm

Kapellplatz

Luzern, Switzerland

Free admission

Aug

Tue

7:15 pm

Kapellplatz

Luzern, Switzerland

Free admission

Aug

Thu

6:00 pm

Weinmarkt

Luzern, Switzerland

Free admission

Aug

Thu

7:15 pm

Weinmarkt

Luzern, Switzerland

Free admission

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