Both "Salome Dances for Peace" (1986) and "Cadenza on the Night Plain" were really collaborations between the composer and the members of the Kronos Quartet.

The climax of this interaction has been "Salome Dances for Peace" (recently released on an Elektra/Nonesuch recording, 9 79217-2).

But if the mythic basis of "Salome Dances for Peace" is cross-cultural, its music is even more so.

It was from Salome Dances for Peace!

The program also included the New York premiere of "Salome's Dance" by Deborah Drattell, director of the Minerva series.

Terry Riley: Salome Dances for Peace, for string quartet (1986)

Mr. Proia turned to a score by Terry Riley, "Salome Dances for Peace," which is also the title for the duet.

A chunk of "Salome Dances for Peace," arranged for this ensemble, also offered a nice timbral variety that a string quartet cannot provide.

Terry Riley's "Salome Dances for Peace" lasts more than two hours, LaMonte Young's "Chronos Kristalla" 80 minutes.

The only piece excerpted from an earlier recording is Mr. Riley's epic "Salome Dances for Peace," originally a two-disk set.