PAST EVENT

Fifty for the Future

KRONOS QUARTET
Islam Chipsy (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Zaghlala (Blurred vision caused by strong light hitting the eyes)

Aleksandra Vrebalov / My Desert, My Rose

OAKLAND SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS QUARTET
Rhiannon Giddens (arr. Jacob Garchik) / At the Purchaser’s Option with variations

KRONOS QUARTET
Aftab Darvishi / Daughters of Sol

Jlin (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Little Black Book

BERKELEY HIGH SCHOOL QUARTET
Wu Man (arr. Danny Clay) / Four Chinese Paintings
II. Traditional / Turpan Dance 吐鲁番之舞 +
        arrangement of Uyghur Chebiyat Maqam – Third Dastan for pipa by Wu Man
arranged for string quartet by Danny Clay

KRONOS QUARTET AND SOO YEON LYUH
Soo Yeon Lyuh / Yessori (Sound from the Past)
with special guest Soo Yeon Lyuh, haegeum

KRONOS QUARTET
Mario Galeano Toro / Tolo Midi – World premiere

Nicole Lizée / Another Living Soul

CROWDEN SCHOOL QUARTET
Ken Benshoof / Sweeter Than Wine: II. Postscript

KRONOS QUARTET
Misato Mochizuki / Boids – World premiere

KRONOS QUARTET AND STUDENT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Philip Glass / Quartet Satz

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All works on tonight’s program were commissioned as part of the Kronos Performing Arts Association’s Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire, which is made possible by a group of adventurous partners, including Cal Performances, Carnegie Hall and many others.

From Cal Performances website: “Cal Performances showcases Kronos Quartet’s ambitious and much-lauded Fifty for the Future new-music commissioning and open-access education initiative. The concert features world premieres by composer Misato Mochizuki, whose works are frequently inspired by science and philosophy, and Colombian musician Mario Galeano Toro, who has focused over the past 15 years on researching Colombian tropical music and its diaspora throughout South America. Guest artist Soo Yeon Lyuh, a virtuoso on the haegeum (a traditional Korean string instrument), will perform her Yessori with the quartet. And emphasizing what the Washington Post described as Fifty for the Future’s “imaginative generosity in support of creativity,” student ensembles from Berkeley High School, the Oakland School for the Arts and the Crowden School will also perform with the ensemble. “Kronos remains as geographically, politically and spiritually feisty as ever” (Los Angeles Times).”