WQXR: The Knights at Naumburg, June 2023

June 27, 2023

From WQXR: “The Naumburg Orchestral Concert series has been delighting New Yorkers with free outdoor performances in Central Park since 1905.”

Colin Jacobsen (b. 1978): Bethesda Bliss / Celebratory Fanfare (World Premiere)

Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): L.E.S. Characters (2021), featuring Masumi Per Rostad, viola (New York City Premiere)

  1. The Can Man

  2. The Poet

  3. Mosaic Man

  4. Garbage Art

  5. The Can Man (Reprise)

[Commissioned by the Grant Park Music Festival, Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, Interlochen Center for the Arts, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts, in partnership with The Knights]

- Intermission -

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) arr. Alex Fortes: Romanian Folk Dances (1915-17)

Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): Source Code for string orchestra (2013)

George Enescu (1881-1955) arr. Ljova: Romanian Rhapsody no. 1 in A major, Op.11 (1901)

Photo by Zac Nicholson

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