Concert Info
Date: September 14, 2007
Time: 9:00 PM
City: Durham, North Carolina
Venue: Page Auditorium
Presenter: Duke Performances
Program
Awakening
Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Adhans [Turkey, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia] +
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky / Awakening [Uzbekistan] *
Unknown (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me [Iraq] +
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Lullaby [Iran] +
Ram Narayan (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Raga Mishra Bhairavi [India] +
Einstürzende Neubauten (arr. Paola Prestini & Kronos) / Armenia [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
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 (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) [Sweden] +
Vladimir Martynov (rescored for Kronos by V. Martynov) / The Beatitudes [Russia] +
Performed without intermission and played without pause
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Updated: 02/12/2007
* 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).
