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Kronos Quartet: Music for Change

Ticketed, in-person event

Kronos explores the social, political and cultural upheavals of American civil rights movements, performing works that highlight the legacy of artists in advancing social justice. The evening features Zachary J. Watkins’ “Peace Be Till,” a work inspired by the moment just before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, as narrated by Dr. King’s speechwriter and friend Dr. Clarence B. Jones; “Glorious Mahalia,” Stacy Garrop’s work honoring the life and times of gospel singer Mahalia Jackson; as well as arrangements of Abel Meeropol’s “Strange Fruit” and John Coltrane’s “Alabama.”

Full Program

Steve Reich / Pendulum Music
Traditional (arr. Stephen Prutsman & Kronos) / Star-Spangled Banner (inspired by Jimi Hendrix)+
Michael Gordon / Campaign Songs: 1 +
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

Antonio Haskell (arr. Jacob Garchik) / God Shall Wipe All Tears Away (inspired by Mahalia Jackson) +
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Tanya Tagaq, Kronos Quartet, and Joel Tarman) / Colonizer (Remix) +
Abel Meeropol (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Strange Fruit (inspired by Billie Holiday) +
John Coltrane (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Alabama +
Zachary James Watkins / Peace Be Till *

featuring the recorded voice of Dr. Clarence B. Jones