Experience Felix Mendelssohn’s majestic “Scottish” Symphony like never before, as The Knights—led by conductor Eric Jacobsen—intersperse the piece with traditional Scottish tunes, bringing a fresh context to one of the great orchestral works. Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter Aoife O’Donovan joins the ensemble to perform America, Come, an original suite inspired by the lives, letters, and speeches of Carrie Chapman Catt and President Woodrow Wilson in the summer of 1920, when the suffragists made their pivotal march to Tennessee. The program opens with the brisk, timeless overture to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.
Performers
The Knights
Colin Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Violin
Eric Jacobsen, Artistic Director and Conductor
Aoife O’Donovan, Vocals and Guitar
with
Chris Morrissey, Bass
Matthew McCaughan, Drums
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker, Director
Program
MOZART Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
AOIFE O'DONOVAN America, Come (arr. Tanner Porter)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 3, "Scottish"
Plus traditional Scottish tunes arranged by Kyle Sanna
Encore:
AOIFE O'DONOVAN "Oh, Mama"