{"id":681397,"date":"2025-07-25T02:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-do-you-stop-a-nuclear-war-the-first-step-is-listening\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T02:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:55:11","slug":"how-do-you-stop-a-nuclear-war-the-first-step-is-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-do-you-stop-a-nuclear-war-the-first-step-is-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you stop a nuclear war? The first step is listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29a08043851\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29a08043851\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-do-you-stop-a-nuclear-war-the-first-step-is-listening\/#At_the_Nobel_Laureate_Assembly_for_the_Prevention_of_Nuclear_War_a_performance_by_the_Kronos_Quartet_offered_a_ray_of_hope\" >At the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, a performance by the Kronos Quartet offered a ray of hope.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"deck\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"At_the_Nobel_Laureate_Assembly_for_the_Prevention_of_Nuclear_War_a_performance_by_the_Kronos_Quartet_offered_a_ray_of_hope\"><\/span>At the Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War, a performance by the Kronos Quartet offered a ray of hope.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content_blocks\">\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272635\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Kronos_Quartet_and_Allison_Russell._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_v7ejob\/kronos-quartet-and-allison-russell-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How do you stop a nuclear war? The first step is listening\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Kronos Quartet and Allison Russell. Photo by Jean Lachat<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272624\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            <i>Apollo Frequencies is a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> exploring sounds that seem to come from another world. In this week\u2019s edition, Raphael Helfand attends a Kronos Quartet performance at the end of a summit for nuclear disarmament.<\/i>\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272625\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The nuclear age began in earnest on July 16, 1945. In a vast expanse of New Mexico\u2019s Jornada del Muerto desert, the United States Army detonated the first plutonium bomb. 80 years later, roughly 20 Nobel Laureates and about 60 leading nuclear experts convened at UChicago from July 14\u201316 to discuss potential solutions to the ever-increasing threat of a nuclear apocalypse and sign a document expressing their concerns to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> public and the powers that be: 13 calls to action collectively named <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/thebulletin.org\/2025\/07\/the-nobel-laureate-assembly-declaration-for-the-prevention-of-nuclear-war\/\">The Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration for the Prevention of Nuclear War<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            On the assembly\u2019s final evening, laureates, physicists, diplomats, activists, professors, and students gathered to watch Kronos Quartet\u2019s concluding performance. The modern classical group\u2019s program of pieces \u2014 some angry, some tender, some heartbreaking \u2014 reflected on the urgency of the crisis we face, and the weight of history building to it. After three days of talking, it was time to listen.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272626\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            \u201cI\u2019m on the edge of my chair in S\u00e3o Paulo,\u201d Kronos Quartet leader and violinist David Harrington tells me on an intercontinental video call held Sunday, July 13, three days before his long-running group is set to perform at the Nobel Laureates Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War. The following night, he and his three bandmates \u2014 Gabriela D\u00edaz on violin, Ayane Kozasa on viola, and Paul Wiancko on cello \u2014 will board a redeye to Chicago. There, the group will have two short days to rehearse for one of the most important shows of their lives.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            Their July 16 concert will consist of 14 short pieces \u2014 in many cases excerpts from longer pieces \u2014 performed by the quartet. Four of these pieces will be accompanied by readings of documents from past nuclear crises. The planned finale of the performance is a rendition of Bob Dylan\u2019s 1963 song \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T5al0HmR4to\">A Hard Rain\u2019s A-Gonna Fall<\/a>.\u201d Kronos&#8217; version of the classic, allegorical track will be released that day, featuring an astonishing ensemble cast of guest singers including Iggy Pop, Laurie Anderson, Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq, and many more. The record&#8217;s first and final verses are led by Allison Russell, who will be the sole singer present at the July 16 performance.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cI started Kronos in 1973 because I heard <i><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=etHtCVeU4-I&amp;t=7s&amp;ab_channel=incipitsify\">Black Angels<\/a><\/i> by George Crumb on the radio, and I knew I needed to play that piece,\u201d Harrington says. Hearing it taught him how music can reflect the most urgent crises of a cultural moment \u2014 in the case of <i>Black Angels<\/i>, the Vietnam War. He hopes those who hear \u201cHard Rain\u201d will be inspired in the same way: They\u2019re going to think, \u201cOK, now I know this can be done. I want to be a part of that in whatever way I can.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<hr><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272641\" class=\"content_block paragraph embed triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n    <iframe style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/0FB28Su96nUwYHBot3RfpU?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272627\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Concertgoers mill around in the lobby of the University of Chicago\u2019s Logan Center for the Arts. The auditorium downstairs is not huge but spacious, with a wide stage and plush reed seats. I\u2019m seated close to Saul Perlmutter, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering that the universe\u2019s rate of expansion is accelerating. Perlmutter is also a violinist who, earlier in the week, had a long talk with Harrington about their shared love of the instrument and its quartet context. \u201cI don\u2019t know if there is a documented relationship between musical and scientific thinking, but there certainly seem to be shared elements,\u201d Perlmutter writes in his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nobelprize.org\/prizes\/physics\/2011\/perlmutter\/facts\/\">Nobel bio<\/a>.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Kronos Quartet walk to their places and begin to explain the sounds we\u2019re about to hear. They begin with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jCtADxx0cs0\">Terry Riley\u2019s \u201cGood Medicine\u201d<\/a> \u2014 a dynamic, engaging piece that ends with a chaotic crescendo.  Keeping the energy high, they move to their remix of Tanya Tagaq\u2019s bruising anthem \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8LbWNiej8J8\">Colonizer<\/a>,\u201d which features several startling beat drops (I\u2019d never heard the track and was genuinely taken aback).\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272636\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Scott_Sagan_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat2_uukmfg\/scott-sagan-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How do you stop a nuclear war? The first step is listening\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Scott Sagan reads with Kronos Quartet. Photo by Jean Lachat<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272628\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            The music Kronos play behind each of the readings is relatively quiet, allowing the speaker space to command the room. But each possesses its own unusual character, one that plays a major role in helping each speech achieve maximum effect. Laurie Anderson\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tzZh2rj4vbA\">Flow<\/a>\u201d is both the shortest and, ironically, most classically minimalist piece they play all night; despite its brevity, its gradual motion allows the most brutal parts of Professor Tatsujiro Suzuki\u2019s reading from the diary of Reverend Tanimoto, a survivor of the Hiroshima bombing, to sink in.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            In Kronos\u2019 string rendition of Hildur Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir\u2019s choral piece \u201cF\u00f3lk f\u00e6r andlit,\u201d the minor harmony hovers millimeters from resolution, creating the tension necessary to accompany an ominous letter from Nikita Khrushchev to John F. Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis, the most heated moment of the Cold War. Performing Philip Glass\u2019s grandiose closing music for <i>Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters<\/i> feels appropriate next to Scott Sagan\u2019s somber playacting as he reads from the tran<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>s of declassified Saddam Hussein tapes documenting the Iraqi leader\u2019s famously unfulfilled pursuit of nuclear weapons.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            Even moments that appear to be thematically dissonant reveal their relevance over time. The traditional Swedish folk song \u201cTusen Tankar\u201d provides a glowing canvas for the reading of a speech by General George Lee Butler, who was placed in charge of our nation&#8217;s nuclear arsenal but became a fierce nuclear weapons abolitionist following his retirement. The gravity of the subject matter makes the soundtrack initially feel incongruous, but by the speech\u2019s end, the two components merge; it\u2019s as if the piece itself is marvelling at the wild combination of luck, skill, and fate that has kept society from teetering over the edge so many times.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272637\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left image\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1440,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_220,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 220w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_300,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 300w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 400w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_600,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 600w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_750,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 750w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_840,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 840w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_960,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 960w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1260,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 1260w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_1800,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 1800w,https:\/\/thefader-res.cloudinary.com\/private_images\/w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:best\/Tatsujiro_Suzuki_reads_with_Kronos_Quartet._Photo_by_Jean_Lachat_iwmuzz\/tatsujiro-suzuki-reads-with-kronos-quartet-photo-by-jean-lachat.jpg 2400w,\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"How do you stop a nuclear war? The first step is listening\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"img_caption\"><\/p>\n<p>    <span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n      Tatsujiro Suzuki reads with Kronos Quartet. Photo by Jean Lachat<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <span class=\"credit\"><br \/>\n      \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272629\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Before the program\u2019s closing piece, Kronos play their Terry Riley\/Sara Miyamoto collab \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_new\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_3h4_04jGJg\">Kiss Yo Ass Goodbye<\/a>.\u201d The strings are live, of course, but the voices of Sun Ra\u2019s Arkestra play from a backing track, repeating the titular phrase as well as other parting terms like \u201cfarewell\u201d as the song rumbles to a close. A dose of Ra\u2019s wry humor loosens the air in the auditorium, allowing us all a moment of exhalation.\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            <br \/>Allison Russell\u2019s climactic performance of \u201cHard Rain,\u201d backed by Kronos\u2019 swelling strings, is far more stirring live than it is on wax. It\u2019s raw, visceral, delivered with a pain that grows deeper with each verse. For its final chorus, Russell goes all out in a way I\u2019ve seen few singers do. \u201cIt\u2019s a hard, it\u2019s a hard, it\u2019s a hard, it\u2019s a hard, it\u2019s a hard rain\u2019s a-gonna fall,\u201d she repeats again and again, swinging her whole body as she shouts into the mic while somehow staying pitch perfect. As I watch the crowd exit the room, some lingering a while to process what they\u2019ve witnessed, I notice red eyes and tearstained cheeks. It\u2019s clear that something \u2014 whether Russell\u2019s performance, a reading, or a simple musical phrase \u2014has moved some of the world\u2019s most serious scientists.\n          <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272638\" class=\"content_block breaker triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left video\">\n<div class=\"media_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kronos Quartet + Allison Russell | A Hard Rain\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sPhXpZQZ3Qc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n \/\/trackYouTubeVideo('272638');\n<\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n<\/style>\n<div id=\"content_block-272630\" class=\"content_block paragraph text triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left center_align\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"paragraph_wrapper center_align\">\n<p>\n            Back in San Francisco two days after the performance, Harrington is still buzzing. An assembly of experts on the most dire situation facing our society has ended on a high, resonant note \u2014 not a happy note, per se, but a hopeful one. \u201cIt&#8217;s a real point of lift and buoyancy in the face of great danger,\u201d he tells me with a contagious smile. \u201cI now see the work we\u2019re doing in terms of Before July 16 and After July 16.\n          <\/p>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n             \u201cI felt like the music did its job, and I felt like we did our job as musicians,\u201d he elaborates. \u201cAs musicians, we train ourselves and we&#8217;re trained by our teachers to listen and listen carefully, and the assembly allowed us to do that.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<p>\n            This is not to say that a concert, or even an assembly of some of the world\u2019s smartest people, can alone save the world, or even alter it substantially. But a union of the two can put the stakes in a new context. \u201cThe combination of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> and music is especially potent,\u201d Daniel Holz \u2014 who chairs the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists\u2019 Science and Security Board and was the July 16 performance\u2019s organizer and MC \u2014 writes to me days later. \u201cThe consideration of nuclear war is fundamentally inhumane, and it is critical to be reminded of our shared humanity. During the Assembly, the Nobel laureates and nuclear experts were wrestling with facts and numbers and technical issues. One can try to use words and reasoning and equations to capture the spark that makes humanity worth preserving, but art has the power to viscerally convey the deep knowledge of what makes us human.\u201d\n          <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content_block paragraph triple_gutter_right triple_gutter_left\">\n<div class=\"content_inner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; text-align: left;\">\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n    <span><br \/>\n      By <span class=\"credit_name\">Raphael Helfand<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/span><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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