COLIN & ERIC JACOBSEN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
MICHAEL P. ATKINSON, CONDUCTOR
MASUMI PER ROSTAD, VIOLA
OPENING FANFARE : Bethesda Bliss
WORLD PREMIERE WORK, (2023), Composer, Colin Jacobsen, (b. 1978)
PERFORMED BY : The Knights
Jessie Montgomery, (b. 1981), L.E.S. Characters, (2021), featuring Masumi Per Rostad, viola
NYC Premiere
The Can Man
The Poet
Mosaic Man
Garbage Art
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)
WQXR Host: Elliott Forrest
The performance of The Knights has been made possible by a generous grant from The Arthur Loeb Foundation