“Around the World with Kronos”

Kronos is excited to perform a family concert as part of Kronos Festival 2019. The hour-long program features a mix of eclectic and energetic music from across the globe, as well as guest appearances by Malian singer Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, Appalachian folk singer and storyteller Lee Knight, and San Francisco Girls Chorus artistic director and conductor Valérie Sainte-Agathe. Great for ages 3 and up.

Come early to hear singers from the San Francisco Girls Chorus School fill the SFJAZZ Center lobby with beautiful music.

Kronos Quartet with Valérie Sainte-Agathe and guests Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, Lee Knight, and singers from the San Francisco Girls Chorus’ Bayview Chorus Program, as well as a special pre-show performance by SFGC’s Chorus School.

EGYPT
Islam Chipsy (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Zaghlala *

INDIA
Traditional / Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram (inspired by Pete Seeger) +

SOUTH AFRICA
Solomon Linda (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Wimoweh +
        with Lee Knight

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Konono Nº1 (arr. Jherek Bischoff) / Kule Kule +

MALAWI
Malawi Mouse Boys / The Rains **

SESAME STREET
Pete Seeger (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Garbage +
        with Lee Knight

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Traditional / Selections from Bantu Choral Folk Songs (inspired by Pete Seeger) + 
        with Lee Knight

YEMEN
Fatimah Al-Zaelaeyah (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Ya Mun Dakhal Bahr Al-Hawa +

SOMALIA
Dur-Dur Band (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Dooyo +

MALI
Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté (arr. Jacob Garchik) / Tegere Tulon excerpt *
        with Hawa Kassé Mady Diabaté, voice

General admission / Robert N. Miner Auditorium
Tickets: $10 youth (18 and under) / $15 adults