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Full program:

George Crumb / Black Angels

Aleksandra Vrebalov / ilektrikés rímes * World premiere

inti figgis-vizueta / music by yourself *

My Lai Suite *
Adapted from My Lai: An opera for tenor, string quartet and Vietnamese instruments
Jonathan Berger, composer
Harriet Scott Chessman, librettist
Rinde Eckert, vocals
Vân-Ánh Võ, t’rưng, đàn bầu, đàn tranh

Kronos Quartet’s virtuosity and sense of adventure is on full display in a performance of a new work by Aleksandra Verbalov (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall) alongside one of its signature pieces: George Crumb’s Black Angels. Crumb’s powerful parable, written in response to the Vietnam War, is scored for amplified string quartet with string players performing on percussion while whispering, whistling, and shouting. References to Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet and the Latin “Dies irae” chant for the dead appear in this dramatic work that traces the soul’s fall from grace to redemption.