Azul: The Knights with Yo-Yo Ma
Our dear friend Yo-Yo Ma joins us to play original works and new arrangements by Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen, Antonín Dvořák, Osvaldo Golijov, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Sufjan Stevens on this album inspired by celestial stories.
Watch: "Azul" album preview
Watch: "Ascending Bird" music video
Stream: NPR's First Listen
Featuring:
Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen
Ascending Bird
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Rusalka: “Song to the Moon” (arr. Jesse Diener-Bennett)
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Osvaldo Golijov
Azul – Cello Concerto
I. Paz Sulfúrica
II. Silencio
III. Transit
IV. Yrushalem
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Michael Ward-Bergeman, hyper-accordion
Jamey Haddad, percussion
Cyro Baptista, percussion
Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007)
Tierkreis: “Leo” (arr. Caroline Shaw)
Sufjan Stevens
Suite from Run Rabbit Run (arr. Michael P. Atkinson)
I. Year of the Ox
II. Enjoy Your Rabbit
III. Year of Our Lord
IV. Year of the Boar
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AVAILABLE TO STREAM ON SPOTIFY, APPLE MUSIC, GOOGLE PLAY, & DEEZER.
Contact info@theknightsnyc.com for information on ordering a copy signed by the artistic directors.
Recording Fund
Thank you to the incredible supporters who made Azul possible.
21C Media Group, Inc., Marva Allen, Barry & Mimi Alperin, Pedro Alvarez & Tracy Catlin, Kyle Armbrust, Mirjana Blokar & Theodore Feder, Barbara Brailowsky, Christine Bratton & John Barnard, Paula Brill, Marsden & Roxanne Cason, Nancy Chaffetz, Rose Convery, Guillaume & Andrea Cuvelier, Judy & Tony Evnin, Victoria Ferenbach, Audrey Francis & John Hodges, Brian & Amy Haklisch, Paul & Mela Haklisch, Sylvia Hemingway, Gemzel A. Hernandez, William H. Herrman, Susan Horwitz, Karin & Paul Kingsley, Jaime A. El Koury, Jason Kubica & Rosamund Green-Kubica, Mazen & Laila Jabban, Edmund Jacobsen & Susan Bloom, Joanne Lipman & Tom Distler, Guillaume Pirard & Alexandra Jones, Liz Mahler & Jesse Strauss, Alison & Chase Marsh, Shirley Moulton, Thomas & Ruth Nardini, New Music USA, Aoife O’Donovan, Dorothy & Vinny Pacella, Elizabeth Lerman, Amelia Pan & Ashley Lester, Graham Parker & Adam Benson, Dexter Phillip & Daniel Padnos, James R. Roe, Thomas Rom, Susan & Elihu Rose, Casey Rothstein-Fitzpatrick, Kambiz Shekdar & Eric Grossman, Connie Steensma & Rick Prins, Jonathan & Grace Stieber, Roger & Jerry Tilles, Stephen Trevor & Stephanie Hunt, Gary L. Wasserman & Charlie Kashner, Zach Wasserman & Jill Golden, Kate & Joel Wechsler, Lisa & Paul Welch, Paul & Karen Whitby, Theodore Wiprud, Jivan Wolf