Kronos Quartet
Following the production of Dark Was the Night, Bryce was commissioned by the internationally renowned, Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet, to compose a piece in honor of Steve Reich’s 75th birthday. That piece, “Aheym,” Yiddish for “homeward,” premiered March 12, 2009 at the MusicNOW Festival, and July 18, 2009 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.
In 2011, Bryce was commissioned by Kronos Quartet to compose a piece for the Barbican Centre's “Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich” festival in London. That piece, “Tenebre”, is based on the traditional Holy Week service, in which 15 candles are gradually extinguished. Dessner, in his own words, “inverts the service,” drawing the listener from darkness into light. “Tenebre” premiered May 7, 2011 at LSO St. Luke’s and featured the pre-recorded vocals of Sufjan Stevens.
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