Concert Info
Date: November 10, 2009
Time: 8:00 PM
City: State College, Pennsylvania
Venue: Eisenhower Auditorium
Presenter: Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
Program
Awakening
I. Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) Turkey, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky / Awakening *
Uzbekistan
Unknown / Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me +
(arr. Ljova & Kronos) Iraq
Traditional / Lullaby +
(arr. Jacob Garchik) Iran
Ram Narayan / Alap from Raga Mishra Bhairavi +
(arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) India
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II. Einstürzende Neubauten / Armenia +
(arr. Paola Prestini & Kronos) Germany
John Oswald / Spectre *
Canada
Michael Gordon / The Sad Park *
United States
Part 1 two evil planes broke in little pieces and fire came
Part 2 there was a big boom and then there was teeny fiery coming out
Part 3 I just heard that on the news that the buildings are crashing down
Part 4 and all the persons that were in the airplane died
Played without pause
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III. Osvaldo Golijov & Gustavo Santaolalla / Darkness 9/11 +
(from the film 11’09”01)
Argentina
Terry Riley / One Earth, One People, One Love
(from Sun Rings) *
United States
Traditional / Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) +
(arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) Sweden
Aulis Sallinen / Winter Was Hard +
(arr. Kronos) Finland
with special guest Nittany Valley Children’s Choir, conducted by Lou Ann Shafer
Vladimir Martynov / The Beatitudes +
(rescored for Kronos by Vladimir Martynov) Russia
Performed without intermission and played without pause.
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Updated: 07/07/2010
* 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).
