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The Knights at Newport Classical Music Festival

  • The Breakers 44 Ochre Point Avenue Newport, RI, 02840 United States (map)

Photo credit: Shervin Lainez

This program celebrates musicians of The Knights - with Colin Jacobsen, Alex Gonzalez, and Alex Sopp as featured soloists - and marks the orchestra’s first performance at Newport’s exquisite Breakers Mansion.

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G minor, Op. 10, No. 2, RV 439 “La Notte,” featuring Alex Sopp, flute

Anna Clyne: Prince of Clouds, featuring Alex Gonzalez and Colin Jacobsen, violins 

Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances

Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring (suite for 13 players)

Colin Jacobsen: A Shadow Under Every Light (based on traditional folk songs from Slovakia and Moravia collected by Leos Janacek)

Earlier Event: July 21
The Knights with Magos Herrera at Bryant Park Carnegie Hall Citywide
Later Event: July 28
The Knights with Pekka Kuusisto at Caramoor