Colin Jacobsen, violin"he shows a remarkable sense of intimacy with his instrument"  Austin American-Statesman
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2008-2009 Tour Schedule

(AUGUST 2008 - JULY 2009)

Please note: this schedule is kept as up-to-date as possible. Performances, and especially repertoire, may change. Please contact venues directly for tickets.

DATE/TIME
CITY/STATE
COUNTRY
EVENT/
VENUE
PERFORMERS
REPERTOIRE
Aug. 14-24 Dresden, GERMANY Mortizburg Festival   TBA
Aug. 28 Mexico City, MEXICO   Brooklyn Rider TBA
Sept. 5 New York, NY The Stone Colin Jacobsen, violin
Peggy Kampeier, piano
World premieres and works by Christopher Tignor and Judd Greenstein
Sept. 7-17 Tanglewood, MA Silk Road Project in residency at Tanglewood   New works by Aghei/Jacobsen, Das, Sollima, Frank, Khalil
Sept. 11 New York, NY Musicians for Harmony Colin Jacobsen and Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Directors TBA
Sept. 19 Augusta, GA The Westabou Festival Silk Road Ensemble  
Sept. 21 Charlottesville, VA Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival    
Sept. 27 Hollywood, CA
The Hollywood Bowl
A Celebration of Rumi curated by Kayhan Kalhor Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Oct. 14 Southport, CT The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, Conductor
Jan Vogler, cello
Alan Murchie, piano
Shostakovich: Concerto no. 1 for Cello and Orchestra
Copland: Appalachian Spring
Bach: Concerto for keyboard and strings in D minor
Shostakovich/arr Ljova: Waltzes
Oct. 15, 16 New York, NY The Knights at Le Poisson Rouge Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Jan Vogler, cello
Ives: Unanswered Question
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich/arr Ljova: Waltzes
Copland: Applachian Spring
Hendrix/arr Sanna: Machine Gun
Oct. 22 New York, NY The Zipper Theater Christina Courtin and Brooklyn Rider  
Oct. 24 New York, NY Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble perform for United Nations Day
at the United Nations General Assembly Hall
Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Oct. 25-31 Binghamton, NY The Silk Road Ensemble in residency    
Nov. 2 New York, NY The Helicon Foundation Brooklyn Rider and Pedja Muzijevich, piano
James Roe, oboe
Works to include Amy Beach, piano quintet and Samuel Barber, string quartet
Nov. 7 New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert
Edward Arron, cello
Nicholas Cords, viola
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Laura Frautschi, violin
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Ron Arron, viola
Eric Ruske, horn
Todd Palmer, clarinet
program TBA
Nov. 13 San Francisco, CA Philharmonia Baroque
Nicholas Macgegan, conductor
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, fortepiano
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Nov. 14 Palo Alto, CA Philharmonia Baroque
Nicholas Macgegan, conductor
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, fortepiano
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Nov. 15, 16 Berkeley,CA Philharmonia Baroque
Nicholas Macgegan, conductor
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Tanya Tomkins, cello
Eric Zivian, fortepiano
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Nov. 19-24 Doha, QATAR Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble    
Nov. 29
7:30pm
Ottawa, CA Ottawa Chamber Music Society
Christ Church Cathedral (439 Queen Street)
Brooklyn Rider Vartebed Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs
Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Sz. 67, BB 75 (Op. 17),20
Phillip Glass: String Quartet #2 'Company'
Sibelius: Quartet in d minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae'
Toivo Kärki- Täysikuu
Erik Hokkanen: Finnish Gypsies
Nov. 30 Great Neck, NY The Great Neck Library Brooklyn Rider and Steven Beck, piano Komitas: Armenian Folk Songs
Sibelius: Quartet in D minor, op.56 'Voces Intimae"
Dvorák: Piano Quintet
Dec. 5 New York, NY with the NYU Orchestra Colin Jacobsen, violin
Eric Jacobsen, cello
Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
Kinan Azmeh, clarinet
program TBA
Dec. 6, 7 Brooklyn, NY The Knights at Bargemusic
Fulton Ferry Landing in Brooklyn
  4 World Premieres
Dec. 10 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Rider at Barbes    
Dec. 13
8:00pm
New York, NY The New York Repertory Orchestra
David Leibowitz, conductor
Church of St. Mary the Virgin (145 W. 45th St.) [tickets $10]
Colin Jacobsen, violin Britten: Violin Concerto
Dec. 19
8:00pm
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium [tickets $35.00]
Edward Arron, Artistic Coordinator
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Yosuke Kawasaki, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Max Mandel, viola
Raman Ramakrishnan, cello
Edward Arron, cello
Haydn: Baryton Divertimento in D Major, Hob. XI:97
Mozart: Grand Sestetto Concertante after Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364
Boccherini: String Quintet in D Minor, G. 287
Bolcom: Session II for Violin and Viola
Jan. 9
8:00pm
New York, NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert
Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium [tickets $35.00]
Edward Arron, Artistic Coordinator
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Nicholas Cords, viola
Edward Arron, cello
Rieko Aizawa, piano
Haydn: Piano Trio in A flat Major, Hob. XV:14
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Opus 26
Yanov-Yanovsky: Chang-Music III for String Trio
Jan. 12 New York, NY Brooklyn Rider at Le Poisson Rouge   Program TBD
Feb. 13
6:30pm
New York, NY The Whitney Museum The Knights with Soprano Susan Narucki Chance Encounter by Lisa Bielawa
Feb. 15-21 Hanover, NH Brooklyn Rider and Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi
in residence at Dartmouth University
Brooklyn Rider and Kojiro Umezaki, shakuhachi  
Feb. 24-26 College Station, Texas Brooklyn Rider
in residence at Texas A & M University
   
Feb. 27 New York, NY Brooklyn Rider and Christina Courtin at the Whitney Museum    
Mar. 8-20     Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 6 Providence, RI Providence Performing Arts Center Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 8,9 Boston, MA Symphony Hall Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 11 North Bethesda, MD Strathmore Hall Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 13, 14 Ann Arbor, MI Hill Auditorium Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 16, 17 Minneapolis, MN Orchestra Hall Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 19, 20 Toronto, Ontario, CANADA Roy Thomson Hall Silk Road Ensemble, with Yo-Yo Ma  
Mar. 26-29 Granville, OH Brooklyn Rider
in residence at Denison University
   
Apr. 2 Little Rock, AK Brooklyn Rider
and Kayhan Kalhor
   
Apr. 4 Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn Rider
and Kayhan Kalhor
Royce Thomson Hall at UCLA
   
Apr. 5 San Francisco, CA Brooklyn Rider
and Kayhan Kalhor
   
Apr. 19 Flushing, Queens, NY Brooklyn Rider
at Flushing Town Hall
   
May 17-24 Dresden, GERMANY and Dublin, IRELAND The Knights tour Dresden and Dublin

   
May 20
20:00
Dresden, GERMANY Dresden Musikfestpiel
Frauenkirche [€ 95/75/45/20]
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Dawn Upshaw, soprano
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question
Johann Sebastian Bach: Chorale Prelude
Franz Schubert/Osvaldo Golijov: She Was Here
Osvaldo Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses
George Gershwin: Songs
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major Op. 92
May 21
20:00
Dublin, IRELAND Alter Schlachthof (Old Slaughterhouse) [€ 35/25/15] The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
Christina Courtin, voice
Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question Ludwig van Beethoven: "Coriolan" Overture in C Minor Op. 62
Philip Glass: Company
Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring
Christina Courtin: Original Songs
June 5 New York, NY Silk Road Ensemble Great Performers Series, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Alice Tully Hall [ticket info] Yo-Yo Ma, artistic director
Traditional (arr. Siamak Aghaei and Colin Jacobsen): Ascending Bird
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Paths of Parables
Angel Lam: Empty Mountain, Spirit Rain
Giovanni Sollima: The Taranta Project (New York premiere)
Music of the Roma
June 6 New York, NY Silk Road Ensemble Great Performers Series, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Alice Tully Hall [ticket info] Yo-Yo Ma, artistic director Gabriela Lena Frank: Ritmos Anchinos
Silk Road Suite
Evan Ziporyn: Sulvasutra
Uzeyir Hajibeyov (arr. Jonathan Gandelsman and Colin Jacobsen): Layla and Majnun (New York premiere)
June 8 New York, NY Free Outdoor Concert and Live from Lincoln Center Broadcast, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Guggenheim Bandshell, Damrosch Park
   
June 23
7:30pm
New York, NY
Central Park, Naumburg Bandshell
Free Outdoor Concert and Live from Lincoln Center Broadcast, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Guggenheim Bandshell, Damrosch Park
The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, violin
Lara St. John, violin
Scott St. John, violin
Andrea Griminelli, flute
Heinrich Franz von Biber: Battaglia for strings & continuo
J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto in E Major, (c. 1720) BWV 1042
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050
J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, (1717) BWV 1067
J.S. Bach: Double Concerto For Two Violins In D Minor, (c. 1720) BWV 1043
June 24
7:30pm
Boulder, CO Colorado Music Festival
Brooklyn Rider  
June 8 New York, NY Free Outdoor Concert and Live from Lincoln Center Broadcast, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Guggenheim Bandshell, Damrosch Park
   
July 24-30 Bolzano, Italy Kammermusik Festival Proesels
   
   

Please note: this schedule is kept as up-to-date as possible. Performances, and especially repertoire, may change. Please contact venues directly for tickets.