Kronos Quartet

For more than 40 years, San Francisco’s Kronos Quartet – David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello) – has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually reimagine the string quartet experience. In the process, Kronos has become one of the world’s most celebrated and influential ensembles, performing thousands of concerts, releasing more than 60 recordings, collaborating with an eclectic mix of composers and performers, and commissioning over 950 works and arrangements for string quartet. The winner of some 40 prestigious awards, including two Grammy Awards (one for Landfall in 2019) and a Polar Music Prize, the legendary string quartet is returning to Montreal after a 25-year absence.

The program will be an eclectic one, ranging from jazz (Charles Mingus, John Coltrane) and minimalism (Philip Glass) to rock (Pete Townshend) and new Canadian (Tanya Tagaq, Nicole Lizée) and international (Sigur Rós) music. Their astounding creativity is sure to dazzle your senses!

Program
Islam Chipsy (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Zaghlala زغللةً * Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik)/ The House of the Rising Sun (inspired by The Everly Brothers) +
Nicole Lizée / Another Living Soul * Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
N. Rajam (arr. Reena Esmail) / Dadra in Raga Bhairavi +
Garth Knox / Satellites: III. Dimensions * Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
John Oswald / Spectre *
Sigur Rós (arr. Stephen Prutsman) / Flugufrelsarinn (The Fly Freer) +

INTERMISSION

Jlin (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Little Black Book * Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Philip Glass / Quartet Satz * Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Tanya Tagaq (arr. Jacob Garchik)/ Sivunittinni *Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire
Abel Meeropol (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Strange Fruit +
Charles Mingus (arr. Sy Johnson) / Children’s Hour of Dream +
John Coltrane (arr. Jacob Garchik)/ Alabama +
Antonio Haskell (arr. Jacob Garchik) / God Shall Wipe All Tears Away (inspired by Mahalia Jackson) +
Pete Townshend (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Baba O’Riley +

* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos

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