Kronos Quartet: 40th Birthday Concert!

PROGRAM TO INCLUDE:

RILEY*: Another Secret eQuation

GLASS*: Orion (arr. Reisman)

CRUMB: Black Angels

The Bay Area's Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet celebrates 40 years—and launches a fifth decade of innovation—with next-generation guest artists and new works by eminent old friends. Highlights include the Bay Area premieres of music by Philip Glass and Terry Riley. In a special treat, Kronos revisits the composition that inspired it all—George Crumb's modern masterwork Black Angels, performed with gripping theatricality. Expect a string of special guest collaborators, including a children's choir and pipa virtuoso Wu Man.

*Bay Area premiere