Photo credit: Shervin Lainez

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director & Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director
Kathryn Mueller, Soprano
Christina Courtin, Violin and Vocals
Alex Sopp, Flute and Vocals

The Knights is a self-described “fellowship of adventurous musicians” known for transforming the orchestral concert experience. In this concert, led by Artistic Director and violinist Colin Jacobsen, they perform a time-tested masterpiece—Dvořák’s ever-popular Serenade for Strings—alongside the New York City premiere of Reena Esmail’s The History of Red, a stirring work for chamber orchestra and soprano, inspired in part by Barber’s Knoxville: Summer of 1915. The program also highlights the extraordinary compositional talents of The Knights’ own members, with a world premiere by violinist and vocalist Christina Courtin and a piece written collaboratively by Ms. Courtin with flutist and vocalist Alex Sopp.

Program:

Christina Courtin and Alex Sopp Pretty Pea in the Blue

Reena Esmail The History of Red, featuring Kathryn Mueller, soprano (NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE)

Christina Courtin rhapsody on being giant proof (WORLD PREMIERE)

Antonín Dvořák Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 B52