Event Concerts and Performances Live! at the Library: Kronos Quartet

Date and Location

Part of Concerts from the Library of Congress ; Live at the Library

The event is free, but tickets are required, and there may be special restrictions. Click the "Get Tickets" link below for more information and to secure your ticket.

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Musicians 
David Harrington & John Sherba, violin 
Hank Dutt, viola 
Paul Wiancko, cello

Celebrating 50 years of extraordinary performances, the Kronos Quartet will offer a dizzying array of pieces originally written for them. With over 70 recordings to its credit and thousands of performances under its belt, the Kronos Quartet is an elite ensemble that is also one of the most open-minded, as evidenced by the wide range of music they play. The ensemble has received many awards for its work of the past half century, including multiple Grammies and the Avery Fisher, Edison Klassiek Oeuvre and Polar Music prizes. As advocates for new music, they have commissioned over 1,000 pieces from composers of every background—with no end in sight. 

Pre-concert Event: 6:30 p.m., Whittall Pavilion. The post-concert Nightcap Conversation with the Artists will be help onstage following the concert.

Schedule

Program 

TRADITIONAL/JACOB GARCHIK 
The House of the Rising Sun (inspired by The Everly Brothers) 

GAESHIE WILEY/GARCHIK 
 Last Kind Words 

JLIN/GARCHIK
Little Black Book

SCOTT JOHNSON
How It Happens
Movies
What Would Have Happened

SUN RA, TERRY RILEY & SARA MIYAMOTO/KRONOS QUARTET 
Kiss Yo Ass Goodbye 

STEVE REICH 
WTC 9/11 

CHARLTON SINGLETON 
Testimony 

MICHAEL GORDON 
Campaign Songs: 1 (God Bless America) 

BENSHOOF 
John Brown’s Body 

ABEL MEEROPOL/GARCHIK 
Strange Fruit (inspired by Billie Holiday) 

LAURIE ANDERSON/GARCHIK 
Flow 

ZACHARY JAMES WATKINS 
Peace Be Till (featuring the recorded voice of Dr. Clarence B. Jones)