KRONOS QUARTET David Harrington, violin John Sherba, violin Hank Dutt, viola Sunny Yang, cello
Zankel Hall Carnegie Hall New York, New York February 8, 2019 Music for Change: The Banned Countries With special guest Mahsa Vahdat Franghiz Ali-Zadeh / Mugam Sayagi * Islam Chipsy (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Zaghlala (Blurred vision caused by strong light hitting the eyes) * Composed for Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire Traditional (arr. Stephen Prutsman) / Wa Habibi (Beloved) + Ramallah Underground (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Tashweesh * Fatimah Al-Zaelaeyah (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa (Hey, Who Enters The Sea of Passion?) + World premiere Omar Souleyman (arr. Jacob Garchik) / La Sidounak Sayyada (I’ll Prevent the Hunters from Hunting You) + Traditional (arr. Milad Yousufi) / Bia Ke Berem Ba Mazar + Dur-Dur Band (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Dooyo + Hamza El Din (realized by Tohru Ueda) / Escalay (Water Wheel) * Kronos Quartet & Mahsa Vahdat Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Sahba Aminikia) / The Sun Rises + The Sun Will Rise Vanishing Line My Ruthless Companion Mahsa Vahdat (arr. Atabak Elyasi) / Songs + Leyli’s Nightingales Dead yet I was, then came to life Interstitial music: Bass lines by Mamadou Kouyaté * Sound collages by David Harrington, Joel Tarman, and Nikolás McConnie-Saad * Performed without pause PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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