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)