Concert Info
Date: February 20, 2009
Time: 9:00 PM
City: Stanford, California
Venue: Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Presenter: Stanford Lively Arts
Program
Oasis: Music of Central Asia and the Middle East
Midhat Assem (arr. Osvaldo Golijov) / Ya Habibi Ta’ala (My Love, Come Quickly) +
Unknown (arr. Ljova & Kronos) / Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me +
Hamza El Din (realized by Tohru Ueda) / Escalay (Water Wheel) *
Steve Reich / Selections from The Cave
Machpelah Commentary 2
Ephraim Isaac Chanting
Interior Drone
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh / Oasis *
Ramallah Underground (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Tashweesh *
Traditional (arr. Judith Berkson and Jacob Garchik) / Ov Horachamim +
Aleksandra Vrebalov / Sketch from a Balkan Notebook *
INTERMISSION
Raz Mesinai / Crossfader * West Coast premiere
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Smyrneiko Minore +
Homayun Sakhi (arr. Stephen Prutsman) / Rangin Kaman (The Rainbow) *
with Homayun Sakhi, rubâb
and special guests Salar Nader, tabla, and Abbos Kosimov, doyra
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Updated: 2/12/2009
* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos
Upcoming Premiere
Laurie Anderson joins Kronos for the world premiere of her new evening-length work at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (Feb 1 & 2, 2013), followed by performances at the Adelaide Festival (Mar 2, 2013), Bing Concert Hall at Stanford Live (Apr 20 & 21, 2013), Peak Performances at Montclair State University in New Jersey (May 10 & 11, 2013), and the Barbican (June 28, 2013).
