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KRONOS Five Decades

Kronos Quartet marks its fiftieth anniversary in the 2023/24 season with the KRONOS Five Decades tour, adding to its legacy of innovation by performing programs which feature new commissions, signature works from its vast repertoire, and pieces from its Kronos Fifty for the Future project.

Program

Jlin (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Little Black Book **

Michael Gordon / gfedcba *

Bob Dylan (arr. Jacob Garchik) / All Along the Watchtower (inspired by Jimi Hendrix) +

Paul Wiancko / Only Ever Us **

Zachary James Watkins / Peace Be Till *

featuring the recorded voice of Dr. Clarence B. Jones and video by Evan Neff

Stacy Garrop / Glorious Mahalia *

I. Hold on
II. Stave in the ground
III. Are you being treated right
IV. Sometime I feel like a motherless child
V. This world will make you think

featuring the recorded voices of Mahalia Jackson and Studs Terkel

INTERMISSION

Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) +

Mary Kouyoumdjian / Silent Cranes *

i. slave to your voice
ii. you did not answer
iii. [with blood-soaked feathers]
iv. you flew away

Projection Design: Laurie Olinder
Poetry: David Barsamian, excerpts from “A Century….”
Lighting Design: Brian H Scott
Sound Design: Brian Mohr

Producer: Janet Cowperthwaite
Production Management: Kronos Performing Arts Association

Please Note: Silent Cranes includes images from and recorded interviews with survivors of the Armenian Genocide. Some of the visual and verbal accounts of the atrocities are graphic and may be disturbing for some audience members.