# Kronos Quartet at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, February 13, 2020

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/performances/2019-20/new-music/an-evening-with-kronos-quartet-a-thousand-thoughts.php) presents _**A Thousand Thoughts**: A live documentary with the [Kronos Quartet](http://www.kronosquartet.org/)_ featuring an opening set from [Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/)  
[Zellerbach Hall Auditorium](https://calperformances.org/visit/venues/zh.php)  
[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)  
8:00 PM, Thursday, February 13, 2020

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[{{20200220_1kThoughts.jpg|A Thousand Thoughts}}]

## Set One: Terry Riley

[8:06 PM; lights down; canned announcement; pause; Terry out to play solo piano]

01. [8:07 PM] (unidentified tune \#1, perhaps _Gypsy in My Soul_)
02. [8:14 PM] (unidentified tune \#2)
03. [8:17 PM] (unidentified tune \#3, perhaps _Shape of Flames_)  
[8:21 PM; pause for a minute]
04. [8:21 PM] (unidentified tune \#4)
05. [8:27 PM] (unidentified tune \#5, probably _Ebony Horns_)  
[set ends 8:32 PM; Terry off while the crowd applauds politely]  
[8:33 PM; pause for a tech to set up chairs]  
   
[8:34 PM; Sam Green out to moderate a Q&A Session with David Harrington, Terry Riley, & Wu Man]  
[8:50 PM; end Q&A Session; set break!]

## Set Two

[9:14 PM; lights down; waiting; go! Brief talk from Sam Green, then band enters and the documentary begins]

01. [9:25 PM] Philip Glass: Mvt II from String Quartet No. 2 (Company)
02. [9:25 PM] Terry Riley: _Requiem for Adam_ (excerpt)  
   
[9:27 PM; George Crumb: Selections from _Black Angels_]
03. [9:28 PM] 10. _God-music_
04. [9:33 PM] 1. Threnody I: _Night of the Electric Insects_ (excerpt)  
   

05. [9:38 PM] Ryan Brown: _Pinched_
06. [9:42 PM] John Adams: _“Judah to Ocean”_ from _John’s Book of Alleged Dances_
07. [9:47 PM] Tanya Tagaq (arr. Jacob Garchik): _Sivunittinni_ (excerpt)
08. [9:51 PM] Ken Benshoof: Mvt I. _Gentle, easy_, from _Traveling Music_
09. [9:54 PM] Fodé Lassana Diabaté (arr. Jacob Garchik): Mvt 5. _Bara kala ta_ from _Sunjata’s Time_
10. [9:57 PM] Terry Riley: _The Wheel_
11. [10:03 PM] David Harrington: _“Drone”_ from _Dirty Wars_
12. [10:08 PM] Café Tacvba (arr. Osvaldo Golijov): _12/12_ (excerpt)
13. [10:12 PM] Philip Glass: _Blood Oath_ from String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima Quartet)
14. [10:17 PM] Aleksandra Vrebalov: 7. _Chapel, Rainbows_ from _The Sea Ranch Songs_
15. [10:20 PM] Laurie Anderson (arr. Jacob Garchik): _Flow_
16. [10:23 PM] John Zorn: _“Meditation (The Blue of Noon)”_ from _The Dead Man_
17. [10:25 PM] Pérotin (arr. Kronos Quartet): _Viderunt Omnes_ (excerpt)  
   
[10:27 PM; David Lang: Selections from _Requiem for a Dream_]
18. [10:31 PM] _Lux Aeterna_
19. [10:36 PM] _Ghosts of a Future Lost_  
   

20. [10:42 PM] John Oswald: _Spectre_ (excerpt)
21. [10:43 PM] Wu Man: Mvt. II. _Silk and Bamboo_ (inspired by Huanlege) from _Two Chinese Paintings_
22. [10:46 PM] Ervin T. Rouse (arr. Danny Clay): _Orange Blossom Special_ (excerpt)  
[10:48 PM; show ends, no encore]

## Performers

### Kronos Quartet

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

* Hank Dutt: viola;
* David Harrington: violin;
* John Sherba: violin;
* [Paul Wiancko](http://www.paulwiancko.com/): cello.

### Terry Riley

* [Terry Riley](http://terryriley.net/): piano, keyboards, vox.

### Production Credits

* Joe Bini: writer, director, film editor;
* [Sam Green](https://samgreen.to/): writer, director.

## Notes

Sunny Jungin Yang was absent tonight, as she's taking maternity leave, so Paul Wiancko was drafted to cover her parts.

I have to wonder how much of tonight's show was really "live documentary" -- as promised by Sam at the start of set two -- and really just a clever way to realize a multimedia presentation. I'd like to believe in the magic of the delivery, but it seems very suspicious that sitting in the dark (so that I can't really take any notes), I could nonetheless mark timestamps that number the same as the 22 tunes listed in the printed program. For now I'm gonna chalk that part up to coincidence; the few scribbles that I made before giving up (too dark to see/write!) seem mostly in sync with the time-stamps, but I couldn't have been paying attention that closely, could I?

Anyways, Like most other Kronos shows I've been to, this one was very good. Excellent music. Excellent integration of multimedia into the performance. Superb sound. A very attentive audience. Double plus good!

[Program Notes](https://calperformances.org/learn/program_notes/2019-20/pn_kronos.pdf) or {{:2020:2020-02:20200213pn.pdf|program notes}}

Lou Fancher posted a [review](https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/kronos-once-again-conveys-the-unifying-power-of-music/Content?oid=28753732) of the show with East Bay Express. I added the tune titles she mentioned to Terry's set, but I can't say whether or not they're accurately placed!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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And in case you didn't visit the Cal Perfs event page, here are two video links:

* [trailer for A Thousand Thoughts](https://vimeo.com/185159503)
* [Kronos performing for NPR Music in 2017](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK233t4Z0lg)

And last, but not least, a very interesting [interview](https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-joe-bini-and-sam-green/) posted by Eric Hynes in conversation with Joe Bini and Sam Green about _A Thousand Thoughts_.

{{tag>music Kronos_Quartet Terry_Riley Zellerbach_Hall_Auditorium Hank_Dutt David_Harrington John_Sherba Sunny_Jungin_Yang Paul_Wiancko}}