Editing Steve Reich (section)

=== 1990s ===

In 1993, Reich collaborated with his wife, the video artist [[Beryl Korot]], on an opera, ''[[The Cave (opera)|The Cave]]'', which explores the roots of Judaism, Christianity and Islam through the words of Israelis, [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]], and Americans, echoed musically by the ensemble. The work, for percussion, voices, and strings, is a musical documentary, named for the [[Cave of Machpelah]] in [[Hebron]], where a mosque now stands and [[Abraham]] is said to have been buried. According to musicologist Ronit Seter, the work "share[s] the confrontational, yet peaceful message" conveyed by contemporaneous Israeli composers.<ref name=":0" />

Reich and Korot collaborated on the opera ''[[Three Tales (opera)|Three Tales]]'', which concerns the [[Hindenburg disaster|''Hindenburg'' disaster]], the testing of [[nuclear weapon]]s on [[Bikini Atoll]], and other more modern concerns, specifically [[Dolly the sheep]], [[cloning]], and the [[technological singularity]].

Reich used sampling techniques for pieces like ''Three Tales'' and ''[[City Life (Reich)|City Life]]'' from 1994. Reich returned to composing purely instrumental works for the concert hall, starting with ''Triple Quartet'' in 1998 written for the Kronos Quartet that can either be performed by string quartet and tape, three string quartets or 36-piece string orchestra. According to Reich, the piece is influenced by [[Béla Bartók|Bartók]]'s and [[Alfred Schnittke]]'s string quartets, and [[Michael Gordon (composer)|Michael Gordon]]'s ''Yo Shakespeare''.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/currentmusicology/issue/view/514|title=From New York to Vermont: Conversation with Steve Reich |last=Kim |first=Rebecca Y. |journal=Current Musicology |volume=67–68 |date=2002 |pages=345–366  |id={{ProQuest|1297276104}} }}</ref>