The Knights

Colin & Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Directors 

Tessa Lark, Violin, (Walter W. Naumburg Int’l Competition Winner, 2012)

Christina Courtin (b. 1984), rhapsody on being giant proof, (2025)

Christina Courtin, violin & vocals

Lisa Bielawa (b. 1968), Violin Concerto No. 2: Pulse, (2025)

I. Tin Pan Alley, II. The Shapes, III. Old Time 

Tessa Lark, violin

Intermission

Samuel Barber (1910-1981), Adagio for Strings, (1936)

Caroline Shaw (b. 1982), The Mountain that Loved a Bird, ( 2017 )

Jamie Bernstein, narrator

Paul Simon (b. 1941), arr. Colin Jacobsen (b. 1978), American Tune, (2020)

WQXR Host: Paul Cavalconte

The performance of The Knights has been made possible in part by a generous grant from The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.

Delirium Musicum

Etienne Gara, Music Director & Violin Soloist

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967), Háry János Suite: Intermezzo*, (1927)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Danse Macabre*, (1874)

Gabriella Smith (b. 1991), Desert Ecology: V. Cactus-Yucca Scrub, (2023)

Erik Satie (1866-1925), Gnossienne N.1*, (1893)

Max Richter (b. 1966), The Four Season Seasons Recomposed: Summer, (2012)

I. Summer 1, II. Summer 2, III. Summer 3

Intermission 

Philip Glass (b. 1937), Echorus, (2008)

Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Erlkönig*, (1815)

Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981), Banner for Solo String Quartet & String Orchestra, (2014)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor “Winter”, Op 8 No.4, RV 297, (1725)

I. Allegro non molto, II. Largo, III. Allegro 

 *arranged for Delirium Musicum by Gianluca Bersanetti, (b. 1964)

WQXR Host: Jeff Spurgeon

The performance of Delirium Musicum has been made possible in part by a generous grant from The Arthur Loeb Foundation

Orchestra of St. Luke’s

Brad Lubman, Conductor

Erin Wagner, Mezzo-Soprano (Walter W. Naumburg Int’l Competition Winner, 2021)

ALL-MOZART!

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Divertimento in D major, K 136, (1772)

I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Presto 

W. A. Mozart, Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546, (1788)

I. Adagio, II. Fuga 

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791), Selection of Arias:

Alma grande e nobil core, K.578, (1789)
Vado, me dove?, K. 583, (1789)
Voi che sapete from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, (1786)
Porgi amor, from Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, (1786)
Tutte nel cor vi sento, from Idomeneo, K. 366, (1781)

Erin Wagner, mezzo-soprano

Intermission 

W. A. Mozart, Symphony No. 21 in A major, K. 134, (1772)

I. Allegro, II. Andante, III. Menuetto and Trio, IV. Allegro 

W. A. Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525, (1787)

I. Allegro, II. Romance: Andante, III. Menuetto: Allegretto, IV. Finale: Rondo Allegro

WQXR Host: Terrance McKnight

The performance of The Orchestra of St. Luke’s has been made possible in part by a generous grant from The MacDonald-Peterson Foundation

Nosky’s Baroque Band

Aisslinn Nosky, Director & Violin Soloist

Steve Marquardt, Trumpet Soloist 

Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709), Trumpet Concerto in D, Roger 188, (after 1702)

I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso, Op 6 Number 10, (1688)

I. Preludio: Largo, II. Allemanda: Allegro, III. Adagio, IV. Corrente: Vivace, V. Giga: Presto,  VI. Minuetto: Vivace

G. Torelli, Violin Concerto in e minor, Op 8 No. 9, (1709)

I. Allegro, II. Largo, III. Allegro e solo, IV. Largo, V. Allegro 

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), "Burlesque de Quixotte Suite, TWV 55:G10, (1761)

I. Ouverture, II. Le réveil de Quichotte, III. Son attaque des moulins à vent, IV. Ses soupirs amoureux après la Princesse Dulcinée, V. Sanche Panse berné, VI. Le galope de Rosinante, VII. Celui d'ane de Sanche, VIII. Le couché de Quichotte

Intermission

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Violin Concerto, BWV 1052r, (1730)

I. Allegro, II. Adagio, III. Allegro

G. P. Telemann, Concerto for trumpet & strings, TWV 53:D5, (after 1702)

I. Vivace, II. Adagio, III. Allegro

WQXR Host: Annie Bergen

The performance of Nosky’s Baroque Band has been made possible in part by a generous grant from the Rea Charitable Trust