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 |
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| 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 |
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| Apr. 2 | Little Rock, AK | Brooklyn Rider and Kayhan Kalhor |
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| Apr. 4 | Los Angeles, CA | Brooklyn Rider and Kayhan Kalhor Royce Thomson Hall at UCLA |
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| Apr. 5 | San Francisco, CA | Brooklyn Rider and Kayhan Kalhor |
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| Apr. 19 | Flushing, Queens, NY | Brooklyn Rider at Flushing Town Hall |
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| May 17-24 | Dresden, GERMANY and Dublin, IRELAND | The Knights tour Dresden and Dublin |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| July 24-30 | Bolzano, Italy | Kammermusik Festival Proesels |
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Please note: this schedule is kept as up-to-date as possible. Performances, and especially repertoire, may change. Please contact venues directly for tickets.
colin@colinjacobsen.com
Kimberly Brainerd