PAST EVENT

Awakening

A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11
With special guest Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun

I. 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 / Selections from The Sad Park *
Part 1 two evil planes broke in little pieces and fire came
Part 4 and all the persons that were in the airplane died

United States

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 Brooklyn Youth Chorus, conducted by Dianne Berkun

Vladimir Martynov / The Beatitudes +
(rescored for Kronos by Vladimir Martynov)
Russia

Performed without intermission and played without pause.

Awakening was first performed on September 11, 2006, at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, California.