Kronos Quartet: A Musical Meditation on 9/11

By Paul Kilbey, 28 January 2012

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 26 January 2012

Yanov-Yanovsky, Awakening

Traditional, Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me

Traditional, Traditional Lullaby from Iran

Narayan, Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap

Einstürzende Neubauten, Armenia

Oswald, Spectre

Gordon, The Sad Park

Golijov, Darkness 9/11

Riley, Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love

Traditional, Tusen Tankar (A Thousand thoughts)

Sallinen, Winter was hard

Martynov, The Beatitudes

Kronos Quartet

David Harrington, Violin

John Sherba, Violin

Hank Dutt, Viola

Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello

New London Children's Choir

HGO serve up a treat with La bohème redux

David Karlin, 9th November

La bohème may not seem the obvious choice for a very small theatre, but HGO carry it off with aplomb, with the help of Rodolfo sung by a star in the making.

****1

Turnage's Hibiki receives European première

Nahoko Gotoh, 14th August

As a composer, what do you do when you are commissioned a full-length orchestral work to commemorate the anniversary of a renowned concert hall? Do you try to write something celebratory? Not in Mark-Anthony Turnage's case.

***11

Kronos Quartet sets a course for the future with a night of new works

Kurt Gottschalk, 21st October

The program, drawn from Kronos’s 50 for the Future commissions, ranged from the exotic to the complex, with students joining in for a Philip Glass string orchestra finale.

****1

An alluring Common Ground

Jaime Robles, 6th October

Abstract ballet always asks the question of meaning, and Alonzo King Lines Ballet is one of the few companies that answers that question with existential exactness.

*****

Reich celebrations at the Paris Philharmonie

Leopold Tobisch, 13th November

Five hours of repetitive music on a Sunday evening may be a hellish way for some to end the week; fortunately, I belong in the second category. A concert series named “Steve Reich Unlimited” therefore required no further selling points.

****1

Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet resurrect Dracula

Leopold Tobisch, 7th July

Philip Glass performs his music to the film Dracula, alongside the Kronos Quartet at the Philharmonie de Paris.

***11

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.