Kronos Quartet
- Saturday, March 22 | 8pm - SOLD OUT
- Baldwin Auditorium • Reserved Seating
- Bryce Dessner: Aheym (Homeward)
- Jerry Garcia (arr. David Lang): What’s Become of the Baby?
- Laurie Anderson (Arr. Jacob Garchik): Flow
- Alter Yechiel Karniol (Arr. Judith Berkson): Sim Sholom
- Missy Mazzoli: You Know Me From Here*
- Richard Wagner (arr. Aleksandra Vrebalov): Prelude from Tristan und Isolde
- Philip Glass: String Quartet No. 6
- *Commissioned, in part, by Duke Performances
Kronos’ curiosity will be on full display in their return to Durham. Their first appearance at the revamped Baldwin Auditorium features a Duke Performances commission: You Know Me From Here, which composer Missy Mazzoli calls a “musical journey homeward.” That’s also the theme of Aheym, which Bryce Dessner based on his grandparents’ turbulent journey to this country. And frequent Kronos collaborator Philip Glass contributes a brand-new Kronos-commissioned composition, String Quartet no. 6, full of Glass' trademark driving rhythms. Their program reveals a group more dedicated than ever to founder David Harrington’s dream of making the string quartet “vital and energetic and alive.”
This year Kronos also brings with them a new cellist, Sunny Jungin Yang. Kronos’ Grammy-winning record producer Judith Sherman calls Yang’s playing “joyful, beautiful, and meaningful.” Yang will no doubt help write another exciting chapter of this landmark group’s history.
** Please arrive early. Late seating restrictions may be in effect. **
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