 Purchase, NY - Outer space is the star of Sun Rings, a celestial multimedia production created by the Kronos Quartet, with help from NASA. The show, featuring magnificent soundscapes and galvanizing visuals, will be presented at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 24th at The Performing Arts Center Purchase College.
Written by longtime Kronos collaborator Terry Riley, Sun Rings is an evening-length work in 10 movements. The production, commissioned for Kronos by NASA and others, features a choir along with sounds and images from space.
Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, observed, “Space sounds swirl in the air; galaxies carpet the walls and ceiling; and Riley’s generous melodies flow through Kronos’ four string instruments. The audience sat in spellbound silence the way spectators do at a space launch.” Alan Rich of LA Weekly called Sun Rings “a masterpiece.” He wrote, “Riley’s music is many kinds of gorgeous—the enchanting tripping of his folk-dance stuff and a melodic manner rich, lyrical and breath-stopping I haven’t heard before.”
And Melinda Bargreen of the Seattle Times called the show “thought-provoking, ear-opening and just plain beautiful.” She wrote, “…Surrounded by an array of twinkling lights, with an ever-changing display on the video screen, Kronos carved an expert path through Riley’s wide-ranging score—from tango and pop to serene chord clusters.”
Tickets are $45, $35 and $25. A free prelude lecture about the performance begins at 2 p.m.
For more information, and to buy tickets, contact The Performing Arts Center ticket office (914-251-6200) or log onto The Center’s website at http://www.artscenter.org. MasterCard® is the preferred card of The Performing Arts Center.
The Center's 30th season is made possible, in part, by the Basic Program Support Grant of the Westchester Arts Council with funds from Westchester County Government.
Purchase College is located 28 miles northeast of New York City at the Connecticut border. The college, part of the State University of New York, is a major institution of public higher education encompassing the liberal arts and sciences, professional training in the performing and visual arts, continuing education, The Neuberger Museum of Art, and The Performing Arts Center.
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