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 Pea Pretty and the Blue

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

Christina Courtin New Work / Rhapsody (WORLD PREMIERE)

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