Photograph by Zoran Orlic ©
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Sun Rings, written by longtime
Kronos collaborator Terry Riley, is an evening-length
work in 10 movements. With
visual design by Willie Williams, lighting design
by Larry
Neff and
sound design by Mark Grey, Sun Rings is
a multimedia production featuring a choir and both
sounds and images from space. The piece, commissioned
for Kronos by NASA and others, received its first
performance at the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium
in October 2002, and has since been performed in
cities including London, San Francisco, Calgary,
Tucson and Boston.
Says Terry Riley, "Space is surely the realm of dreams and imagination and a fertile feeding ground for poets and musicians. Ancient astrologers were aware of the significant influences of planetary movements on our lives. I feel these influences are somehow responsible for this amazing collaboration which has been so enthusiastically undertaken by all the participants responsible for its outcome. Do the stars welcome us into their realms? I think so or we would not have made it this far. Do they wish us to come in Peace? I am sure of it." |
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Sun Rings
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