CARNEGIE HALL PRESENTS
Kronos Quartet
Ritva Koistinen
Hurdy-Gurdy
Kimmo Pohjonen & Samuli Kosminen
Tanya Tagaq

Zankel Hall
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 7:30 PM

Kronos Quartet
·· David Harrington, Violin
·· John Sherba, Violin
·· Hank Dutt, Viola
·· Jeffrey Zeigler, Cello
Ritva Koistinen, Kantele
Hurdy-Gurdy
·· Stefan Brisland-Ferner, Hurdy Gurdy and Electronics
·· Totte Mattsson, Hurdy Gurdy and Electronics
Kimmo Pohjonen, Accordion and Voice
Samuli Kosminen, Accordion Samples and Voice Samples
Tanya Tagaq, Vocals

Program to include:
PÄRT Pari Intervallo
HURDY-GURDY (S. BRISLAND-FERNER & T. MATTSON) Scatter (NY Premiere)
KIMMO POHJONEN & SAMULI KOSMINEN Kamala from Uniko
DEREK CHARKE Tundra Songs (NY Premiere)

Perspectives: Kronos Quartet

This concert is made possible, in part, by The Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation.

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The clarity and directness of music from the Far North can be heard through traditional folk instruments and contemporary electronic means alike. The ethereal plucked strings of Finnish kantele player Ritva Koistinen, the primitive sounds of the ancient Swedish hurdy gurdy electronically processed by Brisland-Ferner and Mattsson, the muscular and rhythmic music of Finnish accordion-sampler duo Pohjonen and Kosminen, and the raw and primal Inuit throat singing of Tanya Tagaq all join Kronos to evoke the powerful, varied soundscape of the Arctic Circle.