June 30, 2025
The 2025 July 4 week kicks Monday (6/30) off with this annual broadcast of music assembled from live and recorded performances by the Brooklyn-based chamber orchestra The Knights, with guests Brooklyn Rider.
On this broadcast of American music, The Knights and string quartet Brooklyn Rider perform music by Allison Loggins-Hull, the Mexican born singer/arranger Magos Herrera, Patrick Zimmerli, Osvaldo Golijov and Reena Esmail. The program also includes a work by Colin Jacobson, who co-founded both ensembles with his brother Eric, written in homage to American composer Ruth Crawford Seeger. The two brothers join David Osenberg as hosts.
Program:
Allison Loggins-Hull Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni
Magos Herrera The Calling, Gracias a la Vida, Alfonsina y el Mar, Healer
Patrick Zimmerli Between Dog and Wolf, Through Mist
Osvaldo Golijov Un Dia Bom (Live from Paliesius, Lithuania)
Pairando no Berco, 2. Mentre la Pioggia, 3. Arum dem Fayer, 4. Cavalgando com a Morte, 5. Plim
Reena Esmail Zeher
Colin Jacobsen A Short While to Be Here
Woah, Mule!, 2. Hommage a Ruth, 3. Peep Squirrel, 4. The Old Cow Died
Gustavo Leguizamon, Jose Manuel Castilla arr. Jacobsen Balderrama
