Kronos Quartet visits with frequent collaborator Wu Man for a performance of compositions written for the unique instrumentation of string quartet plus pipa. Terry Riley’s The Cusp of Magic creates a synergy between the quartet and the plucked Chinese lute. Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera was written for the first meeting of this quintet in 1994 and has remained in Kronos’ repertoire ever since. The two works are complemented by a Wu Man original composition and her arrangements of Chinese traditional themes, created for Kronos’ open access education initiative Fifty for the Future.
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Program Items
Terry Riley
The Cusp of Magic (first movement)
Traditional (arr. Wu Man, real. Danny Clay)
Glimpses of Muqam Chebiyat
Wu Man (real. Danny Clay)
Two Chinese Paintings
Tan Dun
Ghost Opera