Rare footage from World War I, featured in Bill Morrison's film, "Beyond Zero: 1914-1918." The film accompanies a new musical work by Aleksandra Vrebelov of the same name and will be performed by the Kronos Quartet at the ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Oct. 8, 2014.
ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ composer, radio journalist featured in programβs first halfΜύ
Rare footage from World War I, featured in Bill Morrison's film, "Beyond Zero: 1914-1918." The film accompanies a new musical work by Aleksandra Vrebelov of the same name and will be performed by the Kronos Quartet at the ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ Oct. 8, 2014.
When the world-renowned Kronos Quartet takes the stage at Macky Auditorium Oct. 8, expect a bit of ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ, a dash of β60s Germany and a major meditation on World War I in music and film.
βThis program starts in a very fun way, then moves into an incredibly intense experience,β says violinist David Harrison, who founded the Grammy Award-winning quartet in 1973.
The second half of the concert will mark just the second American performance of βBeyond Zero: 1914-1918,β featuring composer βs powerful meditation on World War I and a new film by innovative director .
The film, created specifically to accompany the piece, is made up of long-lost, century-old footage discovered in the National Archives, not just of battles, but also civilians and landscapes forever altered by the worldβs first large-scale, technological war. Originally black-and-white, the images are eerily colored in soft blue, yellow and rusty hues due to natural decay and oxidation.Μύ
βOne of the astonishing things about this sequence is that the film and music feel so much as one,β Harrison says. βThis is one of the most poignant experiences we have ever brought to the concert hall.βΜύ
The first half of the program will feature music that moves gradually from lighter to darker themes, including two performances with ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ connections.Μύ
The quartet will play both traditional and electronic instruments for Canadian composer Nicole LizΓ©eβs βDeath to Kosmische,β a playful homage to the East German pop of the β60s and β70s.
The second piece will be a world premier of βSpeak, Timeβ by 22-year-old Russian-born, Juilliard-trained composer , who was raised in ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ.Μύ
Leading into intermission, long-time ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ resident and investigative radio journalist will provide spoken words accompaniment to four musical pieces in a meditation on war, genocide and hope. Barsamian and the quartet previously joined in a similar program at Carnegie Hall with the late Howard Zinn.
Kronos Quartet
βBeyond Zero: 1914-1918β
WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8
WHERE: Macky Auditorium, ΒιΆΉΣ°ΤΊ campus
TICKETS: $14 and up
INFO: or 303-492-8008
