Contemporary Music Night #114 – 50 Years Kronos Quartet #2.
The two-weekly Contemporary Music Night on Concertzender with tonight the Second of an about Twenty episode series music of the American Kronos Quartet who celebrate their 50th birthday this year. We play all the records we know of plus some exclusive Dutch radio recordings and a lot of rare collaborations. Tonight Kronos Quartet is David Harrington and John Sherba: violin, Hank Dutt: viola and Joan Jeanrenaud: cello.
Bill Evans | Tom Darter.
1. Five. 2:42
Jim Hall: guitar. Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba: violin. Hank Dutt: viola. Joan Jeanrenaud: cello.
2. Peace Piece. 7:13
Kronos Quartet: David Harrington, John Sherba: violin. Hank Dutt: viola. Joan Jeanrenaud: cello.
LP 1986 – Landmark LLP 1510 | CD 1986 – Landmark LCD 1510
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3. Douglas Adams / De Ann Bonham Adamss. Dream Suite. 38:24
Light Rain ft. Kronos Quartet.
LP 1979 – Magi – MAGI 002
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4. David Grisman. Mondo Mando. 9:00
David Grisman, Mike Marshall: mandolin. Mark O’Connor: fiddle. Rob Wasserman: double bass. Kronos Quartet.
LP 1981 – Warner Bros. Records – BSK 3618
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5. William Ackerman. Garden. 4:21
Kronos Quartet.
LP 1983 – Windham Hill Records – 371 028-1
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6. Johann Sebastian Bach / Andy Kulberg / Daniel Kobialka. Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (Extended Version). 18:09
7. Daniel Kobialka. Blue Spirals. 10:09
8. Daniel Kobialka. Path of Joy. 13:06
David Grisman, Mike Marshall: mandolin. Mark O’Connor: fiddle. Rob Wasserman: double bass. Kronos Quartet.
LP 1983 – Li-Sem Enterprises, Inc. – DK103
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9. John Cage. 30 Pieces for String Quartet (World Premiere 1984-7-27). 29:52
Kronos Quartet.
CD 1984 – hr2 kultur – NEOS 11230 BOX 3
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10. Peter Sculthorpe. String Quartet no. 8 (1969).
I. Con dolore. 2:04
II. Risoluto. 2:04
III. Con dolore. 3:02
IV. Con precision. 1:49
V. Con dolore. 2:07
11. Aulis Sallinen. String Quartet no. 3: Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik’s Funaral March (1969). 14:16
12. Philip Glass. String quartet nr. 2, “Company” (1983).
I. I. d=96. 2:22
II. d=160. 1:36
III. d=90. 1:46
IV. d=160. 2:14
13. Conlon Nancarrow. String Quartet Nr. 1 (1972).
I. Allegro molto. 2:18
II. Andante moderato. 3:31
III. Prestissimo. 5:17
14. Jimi Hendrix / Steve Riffkin. Purple Haze (1967). 2:53
Kronos Quartet.
LP | CD 1986 – Nonesuch 9 79111
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15. Philip Glass. Songs from Liquid Days (1986)
I. Freezing (text: Suzanne Vega). 3:15
Linda Ronstadt: voice. Philip Glass Ensemble. Kronos Quartet.
II. Forgetting (text: Laurie Anderson. 8:09
Linda Ronstadt: voice. Philip Glass Ensemble. The Roches: Maggie Roche, Suzzy Roche, Terre Roche: backing vocals. Kronos Quartet.
LP | CD 1986 – CBS – FM|MK 39564
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16. Kevin Volans. White Man Sleeps (1985) #1. 4:32
17. Charles Ives. Scherzo: Holding Your Own (1903-14). 1:25
18. Jon Hassell. Pano da Costa (1985). 19:25
19. Thomas Oboe Lee. Morango … Almost a Tango (1983). 6:25
20. Ornette Coleman / Mel Graves. Lonely Woman (1959/84). 3:10
21. Ben Johnston. Amazing Grace (1973). 11:53
22. Kevin Volans. White Man Sleeps (1985) #5. 3:43
23. Béla Bartók. String Quartet no. 3 (1927). 15:30
Kronos Quartet.
LP|CD 1987 – Elektra Nonesuch - 979 163
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24. John Zorn. Forbidden Fruit (Variations for Voice, String Quartet and Turntables)(1987). 10:47
Christian Marclay: turntables. Ohta Hiromi: voice. Kronos Quartet.
LP | CD 1987 – Elektra Nonesuch – 979 172
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25. Terry Riley. The Ecstacy (from Salome Dances for Peace) (1985-86). 20:31
Kronos Quartet.
VPRO Radio – Live at Festival Nieuwe Muziek, Middelburg, the Netherlands 27-6-1988
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