Name: The Knights with Chris Thile: Cornell Concert Series
Start: 2023-10-29T15:00:00
Location: Cornell University

The Knights

Experience a must-hear collaboration between three of today’s most beloved innovators: orchestral collective The Knights, “one of Brooklyn’s sterling cultural products… known far beyond the borough for their relaxed virtuosity and expansive repertory” (The New Yorker); the inimitable Brooklyn Rider, an ensemble that represents “the vitality of the string quartet, limited to four instruments yet seemingly unlimited in its expression” (The New York Times); and visionary composer Nico Muhly, whose new work for string quartet and orchestra receives its New York premiere. This wide-ranging program also features Beethoven’s dramatic Fifth Symphony and selected works by Purcell.

The Knights with Brooklyn Rider at Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall

Hear the spectacularly versatile orchestral collective The Knights in its final Zankel Hall performance of the 2026–2027 season. The concert begins with Geminiani’s brief Concerto Grosso in D Minor (after Corelli’s Violin Sonata Op. 5, No. 12, “Folia”), followed by a piece by genre-defying musical innovator Caroline Shaw, holder of Carnegie Hall’s 2026–2027 Debs Composer’s Chair and the youngest-ever Pulitzer Prize–winning composer. Shaw’s Carnegie Hall–commissioned The Mountain That Loved a Bird sets to music a heartwarming children’s tale with a universal message of love and friendship. The performance continues with Stravinsky’s Concerto in D—the composer’s first work as an American citizen—followed by J. S. Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 2.

The Knights at Carnegie Hall

In their Ithaca program, the Knights join forces with GRAMMY-winning mandolinist, singer, and songwriter Chris Thile.