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)
Christina Courtin, violin & vocals

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.