PAST EVENT

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.