# Kronos Quartet: Open Rehearsal at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, December 3, 2016

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/performances/2016-17/new-music/kronos-quartet-fifty-for-the-future.php) presents an Open Rehearsal featuring [Kronos Quartet](http://www.kronosquartet.org/)  
2016-12-03  
[Zellerbach Hall Auditorium](http://www.calperfs.berkeley.edu/)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94305+USA&hl=en)  
3:30 PM, Saturday, December 3, 2016

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## One Set

[4:10 PM we enter while the group is performing; practice continues with starts, stops and intragroup discussion]  
[4:14 PM David pauses to announce that they are about to begin a run-through of _Silent Cranes_]

[Mary Kouyoumdjian](http://www.marykouyoumdjian.com/) \(b. 1983\): _Silent Cranes_ (2015)

01. [4:15 PM] i. _slave to your voice_
02. [4:24 PM] ii. _you did not answer_
03. [4:30 PM] iii. [_with blood-soaked feathers_]
04. [4:41 PM] iv. _you flew away_  
[work ends 4:46 PM]  
[additional practice on bits of part iv]  
   
**Practice on a potential encore for tonight**
05. \[4:57 PM\] [Scott Johnson](http://scottjohnsoncomposer.com/) \(b.1952\): _It Raged_ ([second movement](http://scottjohnsoncomposer.com/compositions/howithappens.html) from _How It Happens (says I.F. Stone)_ (1991-93))  
[work ends 5:05 PM; discussion between David & others]  
   
**Practice on other works from tonight's program**
06. \[5:09 PM\] [N. Rajam](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d37e4588-6102-4817-a172-41d5cd2719e8) \(b. 1938\), (arr. [Reena Esmail](http://www.reenaesmail.com/)\): _Dadra in Raga Bhairavi_ † (arr. 2015)  
[work ends 5:15 PM]  
[brief Q&A session with audience]  
[5:19 dead air while David heads backstage for a mute]  
[5:21 noodling & scratching]
07. \[5:26 PM\] [Anna Meredith](http://annameredith.com/) \(b. 1978\): _Tuggemo_ (2016)  
[work ends 5:30 PM; rehearsal ends ... the band heads off to have dinner]

## Performers

[Kronos Quartet](http://www.kronosquartet.org/)

* Hank Dutt: viola;
* David Harrington: violin;
* John Sherba: violin;
* Sunny Jungin Yang: cello, † cello-percussion.

### Production Credits

* [David Barsamian](http://alternativeradio.org/pages/about-barsamian): poetry used in _Silent Cranes_, excerpts from "A Century..."
* [Scott Fraser](https://www.facebook.com/scott.fraser.1610): sound design;
* [Brian Mohr](http://sonicecstacy.com/): sound design, _Silent Cranes_;
* [Laurie Olinder](http://laurieolinder.com/): projection design, _Silent Cranes_;
* [Brian H. Scott](http://brianhscott.com/BrianHScottLD/HOME.html): lighting design.

## Notes

I arrived exactly on time for this event, having lucked out with a free parking space on my first pass through the area; thank-you parking angels! Seems like there's a water polo meet going on at RSF, I could hear the Cal band blasting through a ragged version of Fleetwood Mac's _Tusk_ as I walked over to Zellerbach Hall. Checked in, picked up a rich, buttery pecan cookie, refilled my coffee, then sat down to wait for the hall to be opened. Nice to be un-rushed despite the busy day!

After a short wait, we are admitted to the auditorium, where the group is in the middle of rehearsing for tonight's gig. I claim the throne... B107, and settle in to listen.

Unlike other rehearsals I've unattended, the band really does ignore us: for the most part, they continue their work as if we weren't present. This is great for giving the fabled "fly on the wall" perspective; not so great for knowing what's happening over the course of the afternoon.

Eventually, the band takes a break, and David asks us if we have any questions.

I'm sure it would have been interesting to attend the pre-show talk scheduled for 6 PM with David and Mary Kouyoumdjian, but I needed a bit of a break, so instead I hustled off to my car and back up into the hills for a few hours break before the main event.

[Program Notes](https://calperformances.org/learn/program_notes/2016-17/pn_kronos.pdf)

Partial (or full?) text of Barsamian's poetry posted last year in the [Armenian Weekly](http://armenianweekly.com/2015/05/14/barsamian-ankara/).

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