Kronos Quartet will make its first tour of the UK in many years, starting with the group's return to the Barbican in May 2016. The program includes Terry Riley’s One Earth, One People, One Love; the world premiere of a new piece by Martin Green of Lau; works by Laurie Anderson and Komitas; and arrangements including The Who’s Baba O’Riley. The evening also features three UK premieres of works by Fodé Lassana Diabaté from Trio da Kali, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Garth Knoxas part of the Kronos Fifty for the Future commissioning project.
Kronos Quartet will make its first tour of the United Kingdom in many years, starting with the group's return to the Barbican in May 2016. The program for the tour includes Terry Riley’s One Earth, One People, One Love; the world premiere of a new piece by Martin Green of Lau; works by Laurie Anderson and Komitas; and arrangements including The Who’s Baba O’Riley.
The evening also features three UK premieres: Sunjata’s Dream by Fodé Lassana Diabaté from Trio da Kali, and music by Aleksandra Vrebalov and Garth Knox. These are all part of the Kronos Fifty for the Future project, in which the Barbican and partner Carnegie Hall, Kronos Quartet, and others are commissioning 50 new works for Kronos and then other string quartets to play in the future.
See below for all of the currently scheduled UK tour dates and ticket links. For all the latest, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
| May 9 | Barbican Hall | London |
| May 13 | Colston Hall | Bristol |
| May 14 | Saffron Hall | Saffron Walden |
| May 15 | RNCM | Manchester |
| May 18 | Usher Hall | Edinburgh |
| May 20 | The Anvil | Basingstoke |
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