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Alexandra du Bois (b. 1981)
Oculus pro oculo totum orbem terrae caecat (“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind”) String Quartet No. 1 (2003)
from Kronos Under 30 Project: 1–4

© Arbor Mundi Music Publishers (BMI)

Performed by KRONOS QUARTET (David Harrington, violin; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello)

Recorded on March 25, 2011, at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California. Produced by Judith Sherman. Leslie Ann Jones, Engineer. Dann Thompson, Assistant Engineer. Jeanne Velonis, Editing Assistant.

Alexandra du Bois’ Oculus pro oculo totum orbem terrae caecat was commissioned as part of the Kronos: Under 30 Project for the Kronos Quartet by the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College; the Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation; and the Kronos Performing Arts Association.

The Kronos: Under 30 Project is a commissioning and mentoring program for young composers under the age of 30. Launched in 2003, the Under 30 Project is designed to help nurture the careers of emerging artists, while enabling Kronos to forge stronger connections with the next creative generation. Since its inception, five composers from three countries – Alexandra du Bois (USA), Felipe Pérez Santiago (Mexico), Dan Visconti (USA), Aviya Kopelman (Israel), and Mary Kouyoumdjian (USA) – were commissioned. These new works have been championed by Kronos in major venues all over the world and four have been recorded.