PAST EVENT

Terry Riley / The Cusp of Magic (first movement) *

Rahul Dev Burman  (arr. Stephen Prutsman / Kronos) / Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved) +

Wu Man (arr. Danny Clay) / Four Chinese Paintings *
I. Gobi Desert at Sunset 大漠夕阳
II. Turpan Dance 吐鲁番之舞
III. Ancient Echo 远古回响
IV. Silk and Bamboo 丝与竹

INTERMISSION

A Chinese Home 中国之家
Conceived by Wu Man 吴蛮, David Harrington and Chen Shi-Zheng 陳士爭

Part I.  Return 回归
Part II. Shanghai 上海
Part III.  The East Is Red 东方红
Part IV.  Made in China 中国制造
Played without pause

Chen Shi-Zheng, director and visual designer
Laurence Neff, lighting and scenic designer
Scott Fraser, sound designer
Camilla French, video photography
flora&faunavisions, video editing
Laurence Xu, costume designer
Lisa Iacucci, assistant director
Calvin Ll. Jones, associate sound designer

A Chinese Home was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet and Wu Man by Carnegie Hall and the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.  The work was co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland at College Park, with funds from The Leading College and University Presenters Program of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Florida State University’s Seven Days of Opening Nights; Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; and Stanford Lively Arts, Stanford University. Additional support was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.