Photo Credit: Josh Goleman

The Knights at Carnegie Hall with Chris Thile

The Knights join forces with mandolinist, composer, and singer Chris Thile in an exploration of American music, old and new (and a little Bach). Thile’s new work, a Carnegie Hall co-commission, will feature his brilliant songwriting and storytelling, instrumental virtuosity, and ever-present sense of humor. Thile also joins The Knights to sing a version of Caroline Shaw's exquisite and poetic meditation on the nature of a rose. Dvorak's famed “American” Quartet is re-imagined through the lens of violinist and composer Curtis Stewart as a chamber orchestra, folk-inspired jam session, and Colin Jacobsen's Sheriff's Freud brings together the world of Dvorak - in some ways a founding figure in the development of American music - with bluegrass idioms. And finally, some Bach. Why? Because Bach is always a good idea...

Program:

J.S. Bach I. Vivace from Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, BWV 1043, featuring Chris Thile, mandolin and Colin Jacobsen, violin (trans. Thile)

Caroline Shaw Is A Rose: No. 2, And So 

with Chris Thile, mandolin and vocals

Antonin Dvorak (arr. by Curtis Stewart) String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 “American”

Colin Jacobsen Sheriff's Freud

-intermission-

Chris Thile ATTENTION!
(A narrative song cycle for extroverted mandolinist and orchestra; NYC Premiere, co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

1. Attention
2. Lord Starbucks
3. The Rooftop
4. Carrie Freaking Fisher

Claire Coffee, director

The Knights thank Gary L. Wasserman and Charles A. Kashner for their generous sponsorship support of the 2023/24 Knights Concert Series at Carnegie Hall, and James Attwood and Leslie Williams for their generous sponsorship of soloist Chris Thile at Carnegie Hall on October 26th.