Kronos Quartet
Reich: Different Trains / Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 4 – Hamburg International Music Festival
Happy Birthday!
According to the New York Times, »the Kronos Quartet has broken the boundaries of what string quartets do.« And it’s true: the quartet led by founder David Harrington has given this traditional genre a thorough update. From minimal music by Steve Reich and Jimi Hendrix arrangements to world-music expeditions to Afghanistan and Brazil, the Kronos Quartet’s sound atlas is a broad and expansive one. The fab four now celebrate their 50th birthday in the Elbphilharmonie.
In their »Five Decades« world tour, the Kronos Quartet will be appearing in a line-up that has remained virtually unchanged since 1978. Alongside a work by this year’s spotlight composer Sofia Gubaidulina, the programme also includes »Different Trains« by the minimal music legend Steve Reich, which Kronos premiered many years ago. The piece – which was composed more than 40 years after the Second World War – is a musical reflection on the National Socialists’ deadly deportations of Europe’s Jewish population.
The quartet also presents other highlights from their enormous library of music, which includes 1,000 commissions alone, and they also perform brand-new works and arrangements. Even after half a century, the kronometer just keeps ticking.
Performers
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington violin
John Sherba violin
Hank Dutt viola
Paul Wiancko violoncello
Programme
»KRONOS Five Decades Celebration«
Jlin
Little Black Book / Bearbeitung für Streichquartett von Jacob Garchik
Aleksandra Vrebalov
Gold Came From Space
Sun Ra, Terry Riley, Sara Miyamoto
Kiss Yo’ Ass Goodbye / Bearbeitung für Streichquartett von Paul Wiancko
Terry Riley
Lunch in Chinatown / aus: This Assortment of Atoms – One Time Only!
Nicole Lizée
PhoneTap + CCTV / aus: ZonelyHearts
Peni Candra Rini
Movement I / aus: Segara Gunung
– Interval –
Sofia Gubaidulina
Streichquartett Nr. 4
Steve Reich
Different Trains für Streichquartett und Tonband
Encore:
Valentin Sylvestrov
III Intermezzo / aus: Streichquartett Nr. 3
Ramallah Underground
Tashweesh / Bearbeitung für Streichquartett von Jacob Garchik
Jimi Hendrix
Purple haze / Bearbeitung für Streichquartett von Steve Riffkin
Subscription
Elbphilharmonie for Adventurers
Festival
Hamburg International Music Festival