Photo credit: Maria Jarzyna

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director & Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director & Conductor
Aaron Diehl, Piano

The intrepid orchestral ensemble The Knights continues their multi-year Rhapsody commissioning project, inspired by the Rhapsody in Blue centennial. They invite several of today’s most visionary composers to create an original rhapsody, which artistic directors Colin and Eric Jacobsen describe as “one of the most ecstatically joyful expressions of art ... [a] combination of virtuosity, improvisation, and unfettered imagination.” In this program, pianist and master improviser Aaron Diehl joins The Knights, conducted by Eric Jacobsen, in a world premiere by Michael Schachter, a new suite of music by Keith Jarrett as arranged by Michael P. Atkinson, and the rhapsodic Gershwin masterpiece. The orchestra also treats audiences to Beethoven’s exhilarating Fourth Symphony.

Program:

Keith Jarrett arr. Michael P. Atkinson Suite from Book of Ways, featuring Aaron Diehl, piano WORLD PREMIERE

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60  

Michael Schachter New Work / Rhapsody, featuring Aaron Diehl, piano WORLD PREMIERE

George Gershwin arr. Michael P. Atkinson Rhapsody in Blue, featuring Aaron Diehl, piano