Naumburg Orchestral Concerts - The Knights 2024

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The Knights at Naumburg Bandshell

Join The Knights for a free show at the Naumburg Bandshell.

The Knights are a collective of adventurous musicians dedicated to transforming the orchestral experience and eliminating barriers between audiences and music.

Audience members do not need tickets. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. All the concerts will be broadcast live and streamed on WQXR, for those unable to attend in person.

No rain dates.

Admission: FREE

Program

The Knights

COLIN & ERIC JACOBSEN, ARTISTIC DIRECTORS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Le Nozze de Figaro, K.492 (1786)

Overture – in D major, (Presto)

Louise Farrenc (1804-1875), Symphony No. 3 in G minor, Op. 36 (1847) 

1. Adagio-Allegro, 2. Adagio cantabile, 3. Scherzo. Vivace, 4. Finale.Allegro

Intermission

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), 'Pastoral' Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op.68 (1808) 

1. Allegro ma non troppo, 2. Andante molto mosso, 3. Allegro, 4. Allegro, 5. Allegretto

WQXR Host: Elliott Forrest

Program Note

This year The Knights will return to their classical roots in a program that features two of the most iconic works by Mozart and Beethoven, alongside Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3.

Louise Farrenc was a formidable presence in Parisian musical life in the 19th century, obtaining a post as professor at the elite Paris Conservatory which she held (as the only female professor for the whole century!) for 30 years.

Farrenc bucked trends and wrote piano, chamber, and orchestral music often inspired by the symphonic models of Beethoven and her own composition teacher, Beethoven’s contemporary, Anton Reicha.

Enjoy sounds and images drawn from the bucolic early 19th century Austrian countryside that inspired Beethoven in his “Pastoral” Symphony intermingling with the 21st century New York cityscape.