Photo credit: The Knights by Shervin Lainez, Brooklyn Rider by Marco Giannavola

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director & Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director

Brooklyn Rider
Johnny Gandelsman, Violin
Colin Jacobsen, Violin
Nicholas Cords, Viola
Michael Nicolas, Cello

Program:

Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Selected Works
Nico Muhly (b. 1981) New Work for String Quartet and Orchestra (NY Premiere?)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

Experience a must-hear collaboration between three of today’s most beloved innovators: orchestral collective The Knights, “one of Brooklyn’s sterling cultural products… known far beyond the borough for their relaxed virtuosity and expansive repertory” (The New Yorker); the inimitable Brooklyn Rider, an ensemble that represents “the vitality of the string quartet, limited to four instruments yet seemingly unlimited in its expression” (The New York Times); and visionary composer Nico Muhly, whose new work for string quartet and orchestra receives its New York premiere. This wide-ranging program also features Beethoven’s dramatic Fifth Symphony and selected works by Purcell.