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KRONOS PRESENTS: Terry Riley FestivalSalome Dances for Peace

The Terry Riley Festival concludes with a rare treat—Riley’s epic string quartet, Salome Dances for Peace, performed in its entirely by Kronos for the first time in 20 years. Commissioned by Kronos, the monumental two-hour work re-imagines the mythical figure of Salome as a sorceress dancing for world piece, and represents some of Riley’s most sophisticated, stylistically eclectic and expansive writing.

Kronos dedicates this performance of Salome Dances for Peace to the memory of Judithe Bizot.

Program:

Terry Riley / Salome Dances for Peace (1985–86) *

I. Anthem of the Great Spirit
The Summons
Peace Dance
Fanfare in the Minimal Kingdom
Ceremonial Night Race
At the Ancient Aztec Corn Races Salome Meets Wild Talker
More Ceremonial Races
Oldtimers at the Races
Half Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight

II. Conquest of the War Demons
Way of the Warrior
Salome and Half Wolf Descend Through the Gates to the Underworld
Breakthrough to the Realm of the War Demons
Combat Dance
Victory: Salome Re-enacts for Half Wolf Her Deeds of Valor
Discovery of Peace
The Underworld Arising

INTERMISSION

III. The Gift
Echoes of Primordial Time
Mongolian Winds

IV. The Ecstasy
Processional
Seduction of the Bear Father
The Gathering
At the Summit
Recessional

V. Good Medicine
Good Medicine Dance

KRONOS PRESENTS: Terry Riley Festival is made possible by generous support from Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation, and the Board of Directors of the Kronos Performing Arts Association. Additional support provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The Bernard Osher Foundation.

KRONOS PRESENTS: Terry Riley Festival is the inaugural program of KRONOS PRESENTS, a new initiative that will showcase the organization’s expansive curatorial vision, far-ranging musical collaborators and broad musical aesthetics, through an annual festival and other events. KRONOS PRESENTS is a program of the Kronos Performing Arts Association.