"a vivacious performance of Rossini's 'Barber of Seville' Overture...a spirited rendition of Haydn's 'Clock' Symphony..."

"New Worlds artfully takes a characteristically diverse and ambitious selection of works from the Romantic era through the present day and casts them as a suite...that it works so well is a triumph worth celebrating."

"After a regal fanfare played on trumpets and timpani...an appropriately brisk, breezy account of Mendelssohn's Overture..."

 "Their tangible enthusiasm and affection very much brighten this Spring, and the ensemble’s sections seem to dance under the direction of conductor Eric Jacobsen. These youths are serving music very well."

 "...how well can than they do standard, 19th century fare? If you're The Knights and cello soloist Jan Vogler, about as well as the Czech Philharmonic does Dvorák."

 "Inspired by The Knights' performance of a concert of "New World" music in Dresden...cunningly programmed indeed."

‘Few ensembles are as adept at mixing old music with new as the dynamic young Brooklyn orchestra’ 

‘their new album "New Worlds"...arguably this work [Ives' The Unanswered Question] has never been played so beautifully and magically as now’

'...Vogler and The Knights deftly navigating the tricky dynamics from a whisper to a scream'

'he (Jan Vogler) and The Knights capture the spiky spirit of the piece with more character than most'

"You don't quite know why they audaciously call themselves The Knights for it is a 20th century dedicated orchestral ensemble. They are wonderfully able to strum low notes, glissando and set rhythmic accents by pausing..."

"What kind of orchestra? "The Knights", the musical warriors of New York!"

Nr. 568 / 28.03. - 03.04.2009
nächste Aktualisierung am 04.04.2009

"Mr. Jacobsen was an interpretive dynamo..." 

Jan Vogler and The Knights, Experience: Live In New York