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In honor of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney's retirement from Sesame Street after nearly 50 years, we revisit Kronos Quartet's trip to that beloved street in 1987 to talk with Big Bird about the string quartet and making music. "His open and kind-hearted view of the world and how we should treat each other is something we should forever aspire to," Kronos says of Spinney, and we concur.

 

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In honor of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney's retirement from Sesame Street today after nearly 50 years, we revisit Kronos Quartet's trip to that beloved street in 1987 to talk with Big Bird about the string quartet and making music. "His open and kind-hearted view of the world and how we should treat each other is something we should forever aspire to," Kronos says of Spinney, and we concur.

In this segment, Kronos members David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt, and Joan Jeanrenaud show Big Bird how passing the soccer ball can be a metaphor for making music.

And here, the Quartet helps Big Bird answer the question "What is a string quartet?"

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  • Thursday, October 18, 2018
    Watch: Kronos Quartet Revisits "Sesame Street" Trip to Honor Big Bird Puppeteer Caroll Spinney on His Retirement

    In honor of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch puppeteer Caroll Spinney's retirement from Sesame Street today after nearly 50 years, we revisit Kronos Quartet's trip to that beloved street in 1987 to talk with Big Bird about the string quartet and making music. "His open and kind-hearted view of the world and how we should treat each other is something we should forever aspire to," Kronos says of Spinney, and we concur.

    In this segment, Kronos members David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt, and Joan Jeanrenaud show Big Bird how passing the soccer ball can be a metaphor for making music.

    And here, the Quartet helps Big Bird answer the question "What is a string quartet?"

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