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1 online resource (streaming video file) (28 min. 11 sec.) ; 170140908 bytes |
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Fenella Kernebone chats to founder of the Kronos Quartet, violin player David Harrington, about the group's 30-year history, their album Floodplain and their performance and collaboration with Jon Rose at the Sydney Opera House.For more than 30 years, the Kronos Quartet - David Harrington, John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola) and Jeffrey Zeigler (cello) - has pursued a singular artistic vision, combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to expanding the range and context of the string quartet. In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our time, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 45 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, collaborating with many of the world's most eclectic composers and performers, and commissioning more than 650 works and arrangements for string quartet. Kronos's work has also garnered numerous awards, including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and Musicians of the Year (2003) from Musical America |
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Broadcast 2010-02-23 at 22:00:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Concert programs.
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Harrington, David.
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Kronos Quartet.
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Musicians -- Biography.
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Violinists.
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Streaming video
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Crumb, George, contributor
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Harrington, David, contributor
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Kernebone, Fenella, host
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Rosenthal, Jonathan, contributor
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