Kronos Quartet with Special Guest, Homayun Sakhi Trio
Kronos Quartet:
Sahba Aminikia / String Quartet no. 3: A Threnody for Those Who Remain *
I. Fèrāgh (Separation)
II. Faghān (Wail)
III. Soog (Praying and Mourning)
Omar Souleyman (arr. Jacob Garchik) / La Sidounak Sayyada (I’ll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You) + Canadian premiere
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Boyiwa (Song of Mourning over a Corpse) +
Traditional (arr. Stephen Prutsman) / Wa Habibi (Beloved) +
Aleksandra Vrebalov / …hold me, neighbor, in this storm… *
INTERMISSION
Kronos Quartet and Homayun Sakhi:
Homayun Sakhi (arr. Stephen Prutsman) / Rangin Kaman (The Rainbow) *
Canadian premiere
with Homayun Sakhi, rubâb
and additional musicians TBA