Composer Lisa Bielawa’s new violin concerto, PULSE, will have its New York premiere performed by GRAMMY®-nominated orchestral collective The Knights, Conducted by co-Artistic Director Eric Jacobsen, with violin soloist Tessa Lark, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 7:30pm at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park. The free concert is part of the Naumburg Orchestral Concerts. The program will also include Rhapsody on being Giant Proof by Christina Courtin, Adagio for Strings by Samuel Barber, The Mountain that Loved a Bird by Caroline Shaw, and American Tune by Paul Simon (arr. Colin Jacobsen).