Photo Credit: Hilary Scott

The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director & Concertmaster
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director & Conductor
Emanuel Ax, Piano

The 2026-2027 Season at Music Worcester kicks off with a performance of Mozart concertos by the legendary Emanuel Ax and The Knights chamber orchestra. Ax is routinely included on any list of the country’s best classical pianists, while The Knights are an adventurous group of musicians, who have been called the future of classical music in America.

Together, they deliver a program that features two Mozart piano concertos – No. 17 in G Major, and No. 25 in C Major, plus and an overture by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a French composer of African descent from the early Classical Era. Enjoy the levity of French Classical music (ornamentation, color, decadence) alongside Mozart’s willingness to stick by, yet stylize the rules. 

Program:

Joseph Bologne de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) Overture from L'amant anonyme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503