Review: KSO Charms with Mendelssohn’s “Italian”, Respighi, and Ligeti

BY ALAN SHERROD   When the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra announced its four-month hybrid season of limited-audience plus livestream performances beginning in February, even the most eager listeners, admittedly anxious for a return to the concert hall, probably visualized a large…

KSO This Week: Ligeti, Respighi, and Mendelssohn’s ‘Italian’ Symphony

BY ALAN SHERROD   Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Thursday, April 22nd, 7:30 p.m. | TICKETS Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 4 (“Italian”) Respighi — Trittico Botticelliano Ligeti — Romanian Concerto   At some…

Review: An Exciting Circle – Conductor Eric Jacobsen and Pianist Gabriela Martinez Join KSO For “Schumann’s Circle of Friends”

By Alan Sherrod   It begins and ends the same way, simply enough, with four chords from woodwinds building onto each other. Yet, that four chord progression is one of the most magically captivating in all of music history and…

In the ‘Mercury’: Review of KSO’s ‘Mozart and Mendelssohn’

Last weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert featured Rossini’s Overture to William Tell, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major (pianist Conrad Tao), and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (“Scottish”). The guest conductor was James Feddeck. My review of…

Preview: KSO Visits Rossini, Mozart, and Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Symphony

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks “Mozart and Mendelssohn” Thursday and Friday, March 19, 20, at 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre Conductor: James Feddeck Rossini: The overture to William Tell Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503; Conrad Tao, piano Mendelssohn:…

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