London, United Kingdom

October 21, 2023
AT 07:30 PM

VENUE: Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre
CO-PRESENTERS: The Barbican & Serious

Details

KRONOS Five Decades

Kronos Quartet returns to Barbican Hall as part of its Five Decades tour.

This special anniversary performance will include Steve Reich’s Triple Quartet and selections from beloved albums like Pieces of Africa and Nuevo, as well as pieces by George Crumb, Dumisani Maraire, Peni Candra Rini, Alfred Schnittke and more.

Program

Sam Green / Kronos at Fifty *

Severiano Briseño (arr. Osvaldo Golijov) / El Sinaloense (The Man from Sinaloa) +

George Crumb / God-music from Black Angels

Gabriella Smith / Keep Going *

Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Maduswara **

with special guest Peni Candra Rini, vocals

Philip Glass / String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima): VI. Mishima/Closing

Zachary James Watkins / Excerpt from Peace Be Till *

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

Antonio Haskell (arr. Jacob Garchik) / God Shall Wipe All Tears Away (inspired by Mahalia Jackson) +

INTERMISSION

Dumisani Maraire / Mai Nozipo (Mother Nozipo) *

with special guest Yahael Camara Onono, djembe

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

Terry Riley / This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only!: I. Lunch in Chinatown **

Alfred Schnittke (arr. Kronos Quartet) / Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with Grief +

Steve Reich / Triple Quartet *

In three movements (played without pause)

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE

* Written for Kronos

** Written for Kronos Fifty for the Future

+ Arranged for Kronos

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