They performed a set of pieces labeled, "In the Blue Room":
"...an intimate concert of works that includes a tribute to composer Terry Riley in celebration of his 80th birthday year! They’ll perform Good Medicine from Riley’s epic Salome Dances for Peace, and a new work written by Polish composer Aleksander Kościów, a piece is based on a traditional Polish folk dance, the oberek. A musical gift to Riley, it represents, in the words of the composer, “the human need for pure joy.” The evening also includes a work written for Kronos by Cabrillo composer-in-residence Nathaniel Stookey, and works by Mark Applebaum, Laurie Anderson, and Mary Kouyoumdjian."NOTES
- All wore earpieces
- Lighting projected the performers' shadows on the upper walls of the auditorium
- We had great seats: Section K Row B, 1 and 2
- During an early piece, a dragon fly, attracted to the lights, swirled around and around, above the performers, disappearing into the ceiling, then re-appearing, swirling down closer and closer, until it finally reached the performers and disappeared from view--John smiled and completed the work
- Composer Nathaniel Stookey walked out to greet the performers, after they completed his work
- A few people walked out of Mary Kouyoumdjian's "Silent Cranes"
- I found Kouyoumdjian's work the most powerful and dark piece heard in recent memory...Kronos Quartet members get major props for playing it, in my estimate
- Setlist:
- Terry Riley / Good Medicine from Salome Dances for Peace *
- Mark Applebaum / Darmstadt Kindergarten *
- Aleksander Kościów / Oberek for Terry Riley *
- Nathaniel Stookey / String Quartet No. 3, “The Mezzanine” *
- Intermission
- Laurie Anderson (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Flow +
- Mary Kouyoumdjian / Silent Cranes *
- Two encore songs:
- Ralph Carney: "Lament for Charleston" ; Ralph brought out a bass sax, sitting between John and Hank
- Baba O'Riley
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