Kronos Quartet & Sam Green: “A Thousand Thoughts”
Tuesday
February 15, 2022
7:30 pm
Kridel Grand Ballroom
Founded at a time when chamber music was largely centered on long-established, Western European traditions, Kronos has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the string quartet into a living art form that responds to the people and issues of our time. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our era. This season will mark the 50th anniversary of the Quartet.
“The Kronos Quartet has broken the boundaries of what string quartets do.” The New York Times
- Program: Tuesday, February 15
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A Thousand Thoughts
A “live documentary” film that chronologically unfolds the Kronos Quartet’s groundbreaking, continent-spanning, multi-decade career. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Sam Green will narrate the piece live onstage as the Kronos Quartet performs the score, while a rich blend of archival footage, photos, and interviews with members of the Kronos— as well as longtime collaborators like Philip Glass, Laurie Anderson, Terry Riley, Tanya Tagaq, Steve Reich — unspools on screen.
Musical selections
Philip GLASS String Quartet No. 2 (Company): Movement II *
Terry RILEY Requiem for Adam (excerpt) *
George CRUMB Selections from Black Angels
10. God-music
1. Threnody I: Night of the Electric Insects (excerpt)
Ryan BROWN Pinched *
John ADAMS Judah to Ocean from John’s Book of Alleged Dances *
Tanya TAGAQ (arr. Jacob Garchik) Sivunittinni (excerpt) **
Ken BENSHOOF Traveling Music: I. Gentle, easy *
Fodé Lassana DIABATÉ (arr. Jacob Garchik) Sunjata’s Time: 5. Bara kala ta **
Terry RILEY The Wheel *
David HARRINGTON Drone from Dirty Wars *
Café TACVBA (arr. Osvaldo Golijov) 12/12 (excerpt) *
Philip GLASS String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima Quartet): Blood Oath
Aleksandra VREBALOV The Sea Ranch Songs: 7. Chapel, Rainbows *
Laurie ANDERSON (arr. Jacob Garchik) Flow +
John ZORN Meditation (The Blue of Noon) from The Dead Man *
PÉROTIN (arr. Kronos Quartet) Viderunt omnes (excerpt) +
Clint MANSELL (arr. David Lang) Selections from Requiem for a Dream +
Lux Aeterna
Ghosts of a Future Lost
John OSWALD Spectre (excerpt) *
Wu MAN Two Chinese Paintings: II. Silk and Bamboo (inspired by Huanlege) **
Ervin T. ROUSE (arr. Danny Clay) Orange Blossom Special (excerpt) +* Written for Kronos
** Written for Kronos and composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
+ Arranged for Kronos
Generously sponsored by:
Janet Stinson & Bill Britton • Dawn Hayami • Proteus Wines • Wyss Foundation
