Kronos Quartet returns to Carnegie Hall tonight with a performance in Zankel Hall as part of Carnegie's Signatures and Nonesuch at Carnegie series. On the program are five world premieres, including Fernando Otero's El Cerezo (The Cherry Tree) and John Adams's Fellow Traveler, as well as the New York premiere of Clint Mansell's Requiem for a Dream Suite. The concert begins at 7:30 PM and will be preceded at 6:30 by a conversation in Zankel Hall with David Harrington and Carnegie's director of artistic planning, Jeremy Geffen, open to all ticketed concertgoers.
---
In The Advocate review of the Quartet's latest album, The Cusp of Magic, with Wu Man, critic Charlie Richards calls the piece one of composer Terry Riley's "most optimistic, light-hearted, and easily accessible works to date." About the piece, Richards continues:
Despite Riley's [72] years, The Cusp of Magic has a fresh and youthful feel that is lacking in the music of many of Riley’s younger colleagues. Those who already love Riley will most likely adore it, and even those who don't may find themselves charmed by it.
The review is similarly praiseworthy of the album itself:
It is hard to imagine a performance of the piece being given with as much care, love, clarity and tough-edged musicianship than the one exhibited here by Kronos and Wu Man, and, as usual with Nonesuch, the engineering is faultless.
In the end, Richards recommends the album both "to those who love new music---and even to those who have shied away from it in the past."
To read the full, track-by-track review, visit advocate.com.
Click here to add Kronos Quartet's The Cusp of Magic CD plus free album MP3s, with the exclusive bonus download "Tusen Tankar," directly to your Shopping Cart now for only $13.97.
Click here to add Fernando Otero's Nonesuch debut, Pagina de Buenos Aires CD plus free album MP3s to your Cart for just $13.98.