links
- A-B-C-B-A arch form. Wikpedia
- "explores more dissonant harmonies and aggressive rhythms while maintaining a similar luminous purity" John Baez
- "builds on ideas from Reich's two 1970s masterpieces, employing some of the rhythmic and metrical techniques developed in Drumming of 1971, and the instrumental layering that is so prevalent in Music for 18 Musicians" The Guardian
- "Third Coast and company succeed in creating a sonically cohesive narrative, each instrument carefully balanced against the rest of the group." Second Inversion
recordings
- Third Coast Percussion - Reich: Mallet Quartet, Sextet, Nagoya Marimbas & Music for Pieces of Wood [Cedille 2016]
- LSO Percussion Ensemble - Reich: Sextet - Clapping Music - Music for Pieces of Wood [London Symphony Orchestra 2016]
- Austrian Ensemble for Contemporary Music - Salzburg Biennale: Festival for New Music 2009 [NEOS Music 2013]
- London Steve Reich Ensemble - Reich: Sextet / Piano Phase / Eight Lines [CPO 2007]
- Steve Reich - Sextet / Six Marimbas [Nonesuch Records 2005]
- Steve Reich - Works 1965-1995 [Nonesuch Records 2005]
- Nextime Ensemble & Danilo Grassi - Steve Reich: City Life, Sextet [Arts Music GMBH 2002]
- Steve Reich - Another Look at Counterpoint [Amiata Records 1993]
