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24 Jul 2012, Royal Albert Hall
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Proms 2012 Prom 14: Kronos Quartet

Prom 14: Kronos Quartet
Prom 14: Kronos Quartet
22:00 Tue 24 Jul 2012 Royal Albert Hall
An eclectic late night featuring the ever crusading Kronos Quartet, with influences from the USA, Syria, the Balkans and Scandinavia.
An eclectic late night featuring the ever crusading Kronos Quartet, with influences from the USA, Syria, the Balkans and Scandinavia.

Programme

        • I'll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You (La sidounak sayyada) (arr. Jacob Garchik)(4 mins)UK premiere
        • String Quartet No. 4(12 mins)
        • String Quartet No. 4, 'Amazing Grace'(11 mins)
        • The Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers)(10 mins)´óÏó´«Ã½ commission: world premiere
        • Tusen tankar (A Thousand Thoughts) transcr. Ljova, arr. Kronos Quartet(5 mins)
        • … hold me, neighbor, in this storm …(22 mins)
        • Death is the Road to Awe(9 mins)Encore

    Performers

    About this event

    For almost 40 years, the Kronos Quartet has been reinventing the string quartet, regularly turning it into a multimedia experience. The group's first Proms appearances begins with high-octance Syrian folk-pop and ends with a Kronos commission blending classical strings with ethnic Balkan instruments, shouts, foot-stomping, bells and electronic overdubs.

    In between, varied fare from the group's eclectic repertoire plus a ´óÏó´«Ã½ commission inspired by the work of Delia Derbyshire of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radiophonic Workshop (responsible for the realisation of Ron Grainer's Doctor Who theme). Listen out, too, for the otherworldly Kronos arrangement of a Scandinavian folk lament.

    There will be no interval

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    Discover the Music*Ìý* Watch video on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ news site of the Kronos Quartet rehearsing at the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s Maida Vale Studios in preparation for their Proms concert.