Kronos Quartet to Appear on CBC Radio's "Q" in Advance of Final Luminato Festival Performance

Browse by:
Year
Browse by:
Publish date (field_publish_date)
Submitted by nonesuch on
Article Type
Publish date
Excerpt

Kronos Quartet will be the featured guests on CBC radio arts program Q Wednesday morning. Kronos will be joined on the program by pipa virtuoso Wu Man, who also joins the group in the fourth and final concert of its residency at the Luminato Festival in Toronto Wednesday night. The concert features the Canadian premiere of the multimedia piece A Chinese Home. The Toronto Star says of Sunday's free outdoor concert from Kronos: "This is what makes Luminato special."

Copy

Kronos Quartet will be the featured guests on CBC radio's Q, the daily arts program hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, Wednesday morning. The show airs on CBC Radio 1 in Canada at 10 AM, streaming live online at cbc.ca, and on select public radio stations in the US. Kronos will be joined on the program by pipa virtuoso Wu Man, who also joins the group in the fourth and final concert of its residency at the Luminato Festival in Toronto, Wednesday night at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts.

Wednesday night's concert features the Canadian premiere of A Chinese Home, a multimedia piece conceived by the Quartet's Artistic Director David Harrington; Wu Man, who makes her Canadian debut in the performance; and director Chen Shi-Zheng. Also on the program are an excerpt from Tan Dun's Ghost Opera, the Canadian premieres of Rahul Dev Burman's Mehbooba Mehbooba and selections from Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic, and the world premiere of an arrangement of Philip Glass's Orion: China.

Kronos Quartet's Luminato residency included three concerts this past weekend, beginning Friday night with leading Azerbaijani mugham exponents  Alim Qasimov Ensemble at Koerner Hall; followed by a Saturday night concert there with the Homayun Sakhi Trio, featuring Sakhi on the Afghan rubâb; and a free outdoor concert in David Pecaut Square Sunday night, which the  says "was like a tasting menu of their global-fusion music."

At Sunday's free concert, Kronos "performed with the same intense focus and commitment as they would for a paid concert," says the Toronto Star's John Teraud. "I kept looking out at the crowd of a couple of thousand people from behind the open-air stage. Each listener's attention was as rapt as the performers' ... This is what makes Luminato special."

For more on Kronos Quartet's upcoming performances, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. For music from the group's Nonesuch catalog, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the album at checkout.

featuredimage
Kronos Quartet 2009 vert bridge
  • Tuesday, June 14, 2011
    Kronos Quartet to Appear on CBC Radio's "Q" in Advance of Final Luminato Festival Performance
    Michael Wilson

    Kronos Quartet will be the featured guests on CBC radio's Q, the daily arts program hosted by Jian Ghomeshi, Wednesday morning. The show airs on CBC Radio 1 in Canada at 10 AM, streaming live online at cbc.ca, and on select public radio stations in the US. Kronos will be joined on the program by pipa virtuoso Wu Man, who also joins the group in the fourth and final concert of its residency at the Luminato Festival in Toronto, Wednesday night at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Performing Arts.

    Wednesday night's concert features the Canadian premiere of A Chinese Home, a multimedia piece conceived by the Quartet's Artistic Director David Harrington; Wu Man, who makes her Canadian debut in the performance; and director Chen Shi-Zheng. Also on the program are an excerpt from Tan Dun's Ghost Opera, the Canadian premieres of Rahul Dev Burman's Mehbooba Mehbooba and selections from Terry Riley's The Cusp of Magic, and the world premiere of an arrangement of Philip Glass's Orion: China.

    Kronos Quartet's Luminato residency included three concerts this past weekend, beginning Friday night with leading Azerbaijani mugham exponents  Alim Qasimov Ensemble at Koerner Hall; followed by a Saturday night concert there with the Homayun Sakhi Trio, featuring Sakhi on the Afghan rubâb; and a free outdoor concert in David Pecaut Square Sunday night, which the  says "was like a tasting menu of their global-fusion music."

    At Sunday's free concert, Kronos "performed with the same intense focus and commitment as they would for a paid concert," says the Toronto Star's John Teraud. "I kept looking out at the crowd of a couple of thousand people from behind the open-air stage. Each listener's attention was as rapt as the performers' ... This is what makes Luminato special."

    For more on Kronos Quartet's upcoming performances, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. For music from the group's Nonesuch catalog, head to the Nonesuch Store, where orders include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s of the album at checkout.

    Journal Articles:On TourArtist NewsRadio

Enjoy This Post?

Get weekly updates right in your inbox.
terms

X By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Nonesuch based on my information, interests, activities, website visits and device data and in accordance with the Privacy Policy. I understand that I can opt-out at any time by emailing privacypolicy@wmg.com.

Thank you!
x

Welcome to Nonesuch's mailing list!

Customize your notifications for tour dates near your hometown, birthday wishes, or special discounts in our online store!
terms

By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Nonesuch based on my information, interests, activities, website visits and device data and in accordance with the Privacy Policy. I understand that I can opt-out at any time by emailing privacypolicy@wmg.com.

Related Posts

  • Friday, May 3, 2024
    Friday, May 3, 2024

    Mary Halvorson joins pianist Sylvie Courvoisier at Bang on a Can’s Long Play Festival in Brooklyn; several Steve Reich pieces are performed throughout the festival. John Adams’ El Niño continues at the Met with Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. The Black Keys are in Dublin and Amsterdam. Joachim Cooder tours Ireland. Rhiannon Giddens performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest. Gabriel Kahane and Pekka Kuusisto's West Coast tour is in San Francisco and Beaverton. The Magnetic Fields play 69 Love Songs at MASS MoCA. Brad Mehldau Trio's European tour starts at UK's Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Milan. Cécile McLorin Salvant's orchestral French tour is in Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Avignon, and Martigues. Yasmin Williams is at UVM.

    Journal Topics: On TourWeekend Events
  • Friday, April 26, 2024
    Friday, April 26, 2024

    John Adams's El Niño gets Met premiere in NYC with Julia Bullock and Davóne Tines. Sam Amidon and Nico Muhly are in London. Joachim Cooder tours Ireland. Rhiannon Giddens tours Arizona. Hurray for the Riff Raff performs at New Orleans Jazz Fest, as do Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, who also play in Alabama and Memphis. Nathalie Joachim joins Silkroad Ensemble at Oberlin. Kronos Quartet is at UCSB and UCLA. The Magnetic Fields perform 69 Love Songs in San Francisco. Mandy Patinkin is in Charlottesville, VA. Cécile McLorin Salvant tours France with orchestral arrangements by Darcy James Argue. Sarah Kirkland Snider's Mass for the Endangered is performed in Austin.

    Journal Topics: On TourWeekend Events