Kronos Quartet
St George's Bristol · BS1
18 November 2026 at 7:30pm
From £25
Music
In this very special concert the Kronos Quartet celebrate Steve Reich’s 90th birthday. The programme features some of the trailblazing minimalist works Reich wrote for Kronos over the course of their forty-year relationship: Different Trains, Triple Quartet, and WTC 9/11. Full programme to be announced soon.
David Harrington violin
Gabriela Díaz violin
Ayane Kozasa viola
Paul Wiancko cello
Program to include
Reich Triple Quartet *
In three movements (played without pause)
Coltrane (arr Jacob Garchik) Alabama +
Reich WTC 9/11 *
1 9/11/01 2 2010 3 WTC
Pérotin (arr. Kronos Quartet) Viderunt Omnes +
Cuong Next Week’s Trees
Reich Selections from The Cave
Reich Different Trains *
America—Before the War
Europe—During the War
After the War
* Written for Kronos
** Written for Kronos Fifty for the Future
+ Arranged for Kronos
For over 50 years, San Francisco’s Grammy-winning Kronos Quartet and its nonprofit Kronos Performing Arts Association have reimagined the string quartet experience through thousands of concerts, more than 70 recordings, collaborations with performers across myriad genres, and more than 1,100 commissioned works from composers worldwide, including as part of the monumental Kronos Fifty for the Future, an online library of 50 compositions offered for free to musicians everywhere. Most recently, Kronos Quartet has been selected as the Doomsday Clock Artists in Residence for The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE