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Date: September 24, 2011
Time: 7:30 PM
City: Brooklyn, New York
Venue: BAM Harvey Theatre
Presenter: 2011 NEXT WAVE Festival / Brooklyn Academy of Music
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Awakening
A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11
With special guest Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun
I. 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 / Selections from The Sad Park *
Part 1 two evil planes broke in little pieces and fire came
Part 4 and all the persons that were in the airplane died
United States
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 Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun
Vladimir Martynov / The Beatitudes +
(rescored for Kronos by Vladimir Martynov)
Russia
Performed without intermission and played without pause.
Awakening was first performed on September 11, 2006, at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, California.
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE – Updated 08/18/2011
* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos
Kronos’ performance of Tusen Tankar is made possible by the Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.
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).
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