Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet Bring "Landfall" to Brooklyn for Five Nights of Nonesuch Records at BAM

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Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet bring Landfall, their first-ever collaboration, inspired by Anderson’s experience of Hurricane Sandy, to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for five nights this week, September 23–27, for the Nonesuch Records at BAM celebration of the label's 50th anniversary. Landfall is an evocative meditation on transience, combining poignant texts and music fortified by innovative technology. Later this season, Anderson and Kronos perform the piece in Columbus, Austin, and Chicago. 

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Iconic storyteller and musician Laurie Anderson and ground-breaking ensemble Kronos Quartet bring Landfall, their first-ever collaboration, inspired by Anderson’s experience of Hurricane Sandy, to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for five nights this week, September 23–27. The performances are part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival and the Nonesuch Records at BAM celebration of the label's 50th anniversary and follow a performance of the piece at the Sacrum Profanum festival in Karków, Poland, last week, and a Kronos concert of a different sort at BAM Saturday night, featuring reimagined folk songs with label mates Natalie Merchant, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Amidon, and Olivia Chaney.

Anderson and Kronos have created an evocative meditation on transience, combining poignant texts and music fortified by innovative technology. Landfall juxtaposes lush electronics and traditional strings by Kronos with Anderson’s powerful descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. Dense projected texts, triggered musically via software developed for the work, overlay and compound Anderson’s tales, leaving a polyphony of meanings to percolate in the vivid wake of the storm.

For additional details and tickets to this week's performances, visit bam.org.

Also this concert season, Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet will perform Landfall at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, on October 11; Bass Concert Hall in Austin on October 14; Harris Theater in Chicago on March 17, 2015. For more information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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  • Monday, September 22, 2014
    Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet Bring "Landfall" to Brooklyn for Five Nights of Nonesuch Records at BAM
    Mark Allan

    Iconic storyteller and musician Laurie Anderson and ground-breaking ensemble Kronos Quartet bring Landfall, their first-ever collaboration, inspired by Anderson’s experience of Hurricane Sandy, to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) for five nights this week, September 23–27. The performances are part of the 2014 Next Wave Festival and the Nonesuch Records at BAM celebration of the label's 50th anniversary and follow a performance of the piece at the Sacrum Profanum festival in Karków, Poland, last week, and a Kronos concert of a different sort at BAM Saturday night, featuring reimagined folk songs with label mates Natalie Merchant, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Amidon, and Olivia Chaney.

    Anderson and Kronos have created an evocative meditation on transience, combining poignant texts and music fortified by innovative technology. Landfall juxtaposes lush electronics and traditional strings by Kronos with Anderson’s powerful descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. Dense projected texts, triggered musically via software developed for the work, overlay and compound Anderson’s tales, leaving a polyphony of meanings to percolate in the vivid wake of the storm.

    For additional details and tickets to this week's performances, visit bam.org.

    Also this concert season, Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet will perform Landfall at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio, on October 11; Bass Concert Hall in Austin on October 14; Harris Theater in Chicago on March 17, 2015. For more information, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

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