PAST EVENT

Kronos Quartet

David Harrington, violin  •  John Sherba, violin  •  Hank Dutt, viola  •  Jeffrey Zeigler, cello

Michael Gordon / Clouded Yellow *  Bay Area premiere
Bob Dylan (arr. Philip Glass, additional orchestration by Kronos) / Don’t Think Twice,
It’s All Right +  Bay Area premiere
Franghiz Ali-Zadeh / Oasis *

Alim Qasimov Ensemble

Alim Qasimov, vocal and daf •  Fargana Qasimova, vocal and daf  •  Rauf Islamov, kamancha  •  Zaki Valiyev, tar  •  Rafael Asgarov, clarinet and balaban  •  Javidan Nabiyev, naghara

Traditional / Mahur Hindi Destgahi

INTERMISSION

Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov Ensemble

Jahangir Jahangirov / Köhlen Atim (My spirited horse) +
Unattributed / Peyman Ettik (I gave my word) +
Shafiga Okhundova / Mehriban Olaq (Let’s be kind) +
Said Rustamov / Getme, Getme (Don’t leave, don’t leave) +
Unattributed / Qashlarin Kamandir (Your eyebrows are bow-like) +

All works arranged by Alim Qasimov, with string quartet parts arranged for Kronos by Jacob Garchik.

These arrangements were commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and Alim Qasimov by the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, and the Columbia Foundation.