Working with artists as diverse as they are revered, the Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet has collaborated with Philip Glass, Dave Matthews Band, Nelly Furtado and Nine Inch Nails.

From the cutting edge of music both new and old, their musicianship, unique approach and experience make them the perfect acoustic trendsetters. Kronos are indefatigable in the pursuit of beautiful sound, from Dessner’s moving tribute to the flight and passage of his family, through the enchanting retrofuturistic German Soundscapes of Lizée to the traditional Vietnamese world of Kim Sinh.

Steve Reich’s WTC 9/11 – memories of September 11 – are pitched against folk-inspired works, in a haunting and uplifting celebration of the sweeping power and endless potential of string music.

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PROGRAM

Bryce Dessner / Aheym (Homeward) *
Omar Souleyman (arr. Jacob Garchik) / La Sidounak Sayyada                                                                                                (I’ll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You) +
Traditional/Kim Sinh (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Lưu thủy trường +  Australian premiere
Nicole Lizée / Death to Kosmische *
Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) +
Steve Reich / WTC 9/11 *
                            1.  9/11/01
                            2.  2010
                            3.  WTC
INTERMISSION
Ram Narayan (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) / Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap +
Aleksandra Vrebalov / …hold me, neighbor, in this storm… *

PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos

Artist Talk Thur 28 Feb, post-show (free to ticket holders)

Classical music’s Fab Four. ROLLING STONE