PAST EVENT

AWAKENING
A Musical Meditation on the Anniversary of 9/11

I. Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky Awakening * Uzbekistan
Unknown (arr. Ljova & Kronos) Oh Mother, the Handsome Man
Tortures Me +  Iraq
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) Lullaby + Iran
Ram Narayan (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap + India
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II. Einstürzende Neubauten Armenia + Germany
(arr. Paola Prestini & Kronos)
John Oswald Spectre * Canada
Michael Gordon Selections from The Sad Park * United States
Part 1 two evil planes broke in little pieces and fire came
Part 4 and all the persons that were in the airplane died
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III. Osvaldo Golijov & Gustavo Santaolalla Darkness 9/11 * Argentina
(from the film 11’09”01)
Terry Riley One Earth, One People, One Love * United States
(from Sun Rings) *
Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) + Sweden
Aulis Sallinen (arr. Kronos) Winter Was Hard + Finland
with special guest [Children’s chorus TBA]
Vladimir Martynov The Beatitudes + Russia
(re-scored for Kronos by Vladimir Martynov)

Performed without intermission and played without pause.

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