Serious

For this concert, the group is interpreting "early" in broader ways than the common definition of Early Music. In some cases they are early works in a composer's output; in the case of Lizee's Death to Kosmische, it's a reference to early electronic music - and the group plays some rudimentary electronic instruments like Stylophones in the piece. "Early" can also refer to a different mode of human existence, as in the traditional works programmed.

Programme (subject to change):

Nicole Lizée Death to Kosmische (UK premiere)
Hildegard von Bingen (arr. Marianne Pfau) O Virtus Sapientie
Traditional (arr. Kronos, transc. Ljova) Tusen Tankar (A Thousand Thoughts)
Anton Webern Six Bagatelles, Op. 9 Mäßig • Leicht bewegt • Ziemlich fließend • Sehr langsam • Äußerst langsam • Fließend
Philip Glass (arr. Kronos Quartet) Modern Love Waltz (European premiere)
Valentin Silvestrov String Quartet No. 3 (World premiere)
I. Präludium / Prelude • II. Pastorale • III. Intermezzo •
IV. Intermezzo • V. Serenade • VI. Intermezzo •
VII. Postludium / Postlude

INTERMISSION

Charles Ives Scherzo
Morton Feldman Structures
Bob Dylan (arr. Philip Glass, additional orchestration by Kronos) Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right (UK premiere)
Dan Visconti Love Bleeds Radiant (UK premiere)
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) “Zari” Ritual Lamentation (UK premiere)
Traditional (arr. Jacob Garchik) Boyiwa (Song of Mourning over a Corpse) (UK premiere)
Witold Lutoslawski “Funebre” from String Quartet
Rahul Dev Burman (arr. Stephen Prutsman / Kronos) Nodir Pare Utthchhe Dhnoa (Smoke Rises Across the River)
Alfred Schnittke (arr. Kronos) Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with Grief