Kontras Quartet Live

Published: Dec. 23, 2017, 1 a.m.

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A special broadcast with Chicago\\u2019s Kontras Quartet, a group that has  been blending the line between classical and folk music since 2009.

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On this program we\\u2019ll hear folk-inspired repertoire from South Africa to Japan back home to the Midwest.

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Hosted by Seth Boustead
\\nProduced by Sarah Zwinklis

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Music

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Strum by Jessie Montgomery

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String Quartet No. 1 \\u201cWhite Man Sleeps\\u201d: Movement I. \\u201cFirst Dance\\u201d
\\nby Kevin Volans

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Exodus Quartet: I. \\u201cA Tale; Generations of Suffering\\u201d by Rudy Perrault

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Appalachian Polaroids  by Steven Snowden

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Japanese Folk Song Suite No. 2: Movement I. Yagibushi  & Movement II. Nambu ushioi otaby Hajime Komatsu \\u2013

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Komeng by Mokale Koapeng

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8 Chinese folk songs: No. 5: Horse Herds Mountain Song & No. 8: Leaving Home by Zhou Long

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Shortnin\\u2019 Bread by Florence Price

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String Quartet No. 3 \\u201cOld Time\\u201d by Mark O\\u2019Connor

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Black Bend by Dan Visconti

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