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Kronos Quartet at The Town Hall
Courtesy of Ticketmaster | Posted on February 3, 2024
Where
The Town Hall
123 West 43rd Street
New York, NY
Map
(212) 997-6661
When
Tue, April 16, 2024
8:00 pm
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Musicians
Kronos Quartet
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
The Town Hall is honored to present a landmark collaboration between The Kronos Quartet and the Ghost Train Orchestra. Moondog aka Louis Hardin, was one of the 20th centurys most imaginative composers. He lived in NYC from the late 40s up until 1972 during which time he could be found costumed in Viking attire busking on 6th Avenue and 52nd Street selling records and performing poetry. Blinded as a teenager he wrote hundreds of beautiful songs madrigals and symphoniques in Braille which inspired minimalist composers such as Philip Glass and Steve Reich who deemed Moondog the godfather of minimalism...