PAST EVENT

KRONOS Five Decades

Kronos Quartet marks its fiftieth anniversary in the 2023/24 season with the KRONOS Five Decades tour, adding to its legacy of innovation by performing programs which feature new commissions, signature works from its vast repertoire, and pieces from its Kronos Fifty for the Future project.

Program

Nicole Lizée / ZonelyHearts: PhoneTap + CCTV *
Peni Candra Rini (arr. Jacob Garchik and Andy McGraw) / Excerpt from Segara Gunung *
Sun Ra & Jlin (arr. Kronos Quartet) / Maji *
Bob Dylan (arr. Jacob Garchik) / All Along the Watchtower (inspired by Jimi Hendrix) +
Paul Wiancko / Only Ever Us **
George Crumb / God-music from Black Angels
Aleksandra Vrebalov / Gold Came From Space * world premiere

INTERMISSION

Terry Riley / This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only!: I. Lunch in Chinatown **
Vladimir Martynov / The Beatitudes +
Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) +
Stacy Garrop / Glorious Mahalia *

I. Hold on
II. Stave in the ground
III. Are you being treated right
IV. Sometime I feel like a motherless child
V. This world will make you think

featuring the recorded voices of Mahalia Jackson and Studs Terkel