# Kronos Quartet at Lam Research Theater on February 21, 2013

[Kronos Quartet](http://www.kronosquartet.org/): _Listen Local_  
2013-02-21  
Lam Research Theater  
701 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA  
8:00 PM, Thursday, February 21, 2013

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## Set One

[8:03 PM lights down, announce; no musicians onstage; applause at entrance]

### Dan Becker: Carrying the Past * (West Coast premiere)

[work ends 8:18 PM]  
(brief pause)

### Nathaniel Stookey: String Quartet No. 3, “The Mezzanine” * (World premiere)

[set ends 8:43 PM]

## ♪♫ Set Two ♫♪

[9:06 PM lights down]

### Four works arranged by Stephen Prutsman

1. Rahul Dev Burman: Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved) +
2. Tanburi Cemil Bey: Evic Taksim +
3. Traditional: Wa Habibi (O My Beloved) +
4. Gétatchèw Mèkurya: Aha gèdawo +

[9:18 PM pause]

### Pamela Z: And the Movement of the Tongue * (World premiere)

1. Born
2. Home
3. Rain
4. Learned in the South
5. English
6. A Piece of π
7. Coffee
8. Cupertino
9. The Tongue
10. Henry in Cuffs
11. I Don’t Know
12. Mother  
[set ends 9:53 PM]

### ♪ Encore ♪

Richard Wagner (arr. Aleksandra Vrebalov): Prelude from _Tristan und Isolde_ (1859)  
[show ends 10:08 PM]

* Written for Kronos
+ Arranged for Kronos

## Performers

* Hank Dutt: viola;
* David Harrington: violin;
* John Sherba: violin;
* Jeffrey Zeigler: cello.

## Notes

First set was interesting, but not all that memorable on first encounter. Becker's piece employed backing tracks from scratchy old 78's, which kinda covered up the sound of Kronos. I assume the composer intended this effect, but I found it annoying and distracting except for the brief section that found Kronos playing along to the tune of the old record.

Lacking electronics or accompaniment, Stookey's piece was a bit more conventional, but I found it lacking in tunefulness and structure. It swept by in small episodes of bowing and scraping with nary a melody to remember.

Ah well, them's the breaks when ya want to hear what's new. Hopefully Pamela Z's piece will be more substantive!

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