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KRONOS QUARTET


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This is a night with the Kronos Quartet—the music, sonic experiments, and sounds that inspire its work, beginning with the chord from Beethoven that got the whole group started. Q&A with David Harrington. **All streaming shows start at 6PM Pacific Time.

 

WORKS THAT CAN BE HEARD IN “KRONOS QUARTET”

“E-flat” -- Kronos

“Echoes of Primordial Time” -- Terry Riley

“Weddell Seals” -- Douglas Quin

“Song from the Forest,” -- Bayaka Pygmies

“Bells” Early Music -- Krono Quartet

“Hiroshima Peace Bell” -- Steven Feld

“Nunc Dimittis” -- Rachmaninov

“E-flat in the World, I” -- Kronos + The World According to Sound

“Black Angels, Movement I” -- George Crumb

“God Bless America” -- Kronos Quartet

“Rabbit-Proof Fence” -- Jon Rose

KRONOS QUARTET MEDLEY: “Last Kind Words”, “America Before the War”, “Rishte Bante Hain”, “Turcaesca”, “Black Angels” (George Crumb); “Flugufrelsarinn”, “Howl”, “Loving”, “Dark Was the Night”

“Contrapunctus 2” -- Bach + Kronos

“Hiccup Girl” -- Negativland

“1960s montage” -- David Harrington

“House of the Rising Sun” -- Georgia Turner

“House of the Rising Sun montage” -- Various + The World According to Sound

“E-flat in the World, II” -- Kronos + The World According to Sound

“Star Spangled Banner” -- Jimi Hendrix + Kronos Quartet

“Mi par d'udir ancora” -- Beniamino Gigli; “Groung” -- Zabelle Panosian

“Lullaby” -- Kronos Quartet; “Jahle” 

“Pari Intervallo” -- Arvo Pärt;  “Sleigh Dogs” -- Jeremy Roht

“God Shall Wipe All Tears Away” -- Mahalia Jackson, Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté

“E-Flat Chord Montage” -- Kronos + The World According to Sound

“No. 12 in E-Flat Major” -- Beethoven, Budapest Quartet

“One Earth, One People, One Love” -- Terry Riley

Earlier Event: January 27
TRANSPOSITION
Later Event: February 10
BIRDS