Music Worcester Presents: The Knights and Emanuel Ax

The 2026-2027 Season kicks off with a performance of Mozart concertos by the legendary Emanuel Ax and The Knights orchestra. Ax is routinely included on any list of the country’s best classical pianists, while The Knights are an adventurous group of musicians, who have been called the future of classical music in America.
Together, they deliver a program that features two Mozart piano concertos - No. 17 in G Major, and No. 25 in C Major, plus an overture by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, a French composer of African descent from the early Classical Era. Enjoy the levity of French Classical music (ornamentation, color, decadence) alongside Mozart’s willingness to stick by, yet stylize the rules.
“One of Brooklyn’s sterling cultural products…known far beyond the borough for their relaxed virtuosity and expansive repertory” (The New Yorker)
Program:
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Overture to L’amant anonyme
W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
W.A. Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503