Kronos Quartet

Published: Sept. 26, 2015, 2 a.m.

Ground breakers, virtuosos, and commissioners of many of the world\u2019s twentieth and twenty-first century string quartet masterpieces, the   influence of the Kronos Quartet cannot be underestimated.  We\u2019ll feature a sampling of their luminous output over the years.

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Hosted by Seth Boustead
\nProduced by Jesse McQuarters

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\nPLAYLIST
\nAlan Dorsey: Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket?

\nKronos Quartet

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John Geist: Dark Razz
\nKronos Quartet

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Aleksandra Vrebalov: \u2026hold me, neighbor, in this storm (excerpt)
\nKronos Quartet

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Harry Partch: U.S. Highball, \u201cDid I ever ride freight trains- huh!\u201d  & \u201cLeaving Little America, Wyo-ma\u201d
\nKronos Quartet; David Barron, narrator

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P\u0113teris Vasks: String Quartet No. 4, II, Elegy
\nKronos Quartet

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John Zorn: Forbidden Fruit (excerpt)
\nKronos Quartet

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Steve Reich: Triple Quartet, II
\nKronos Quartet

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Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Lachrimosa
\nKronos Quartet; Dawn Upshaw, ms.

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Television: Marquee Moon (excerpt)
\nKronos Quartet
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