After the first half of magnificently rendered solo violin works including a movement from the Bach Violin Sonata No.3, the Baroque-inspired Ysaye Sonata No. 4, and Corelli’s variations on La Folia, Shaub was joined by colleagues from the orchestra for two Bach works: the Violin Concerto in A minor, followed by the Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1040R. The oboist was KSO Principal Claire Chenette.
KSO Concertmaster Series This Week: Shaub Shares the Spotlight
When there’s an opportunity to hear the concertmaster and principal oboe as a duo, standing mere feet from one another instead of sitting myriad yards apart, it is, indeed, a rare treat. Knoxville audiences will have that opportunity on April 3 and 4 at the Concertmaster Series, where KSO Concertmaster William Shaub and KSO Principal Oboe Claire Chenette will present J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R.
Review: KSO Concertmaster Series Looks at the Legacy of Violinist Jascha Heifetz
In the second Concertmaster Series outing of the 2023-24 season at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster William Shaub and his KSO colleagues chose to make the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz the connecting force for their recital.
KSO This Week: Why William Shaub Needs Two Violins for Mahler’s Symphony No. 4
BY DIANA SALESKY William Shaub plays on one of the finest violins in the world – an 1865 Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. When he takes the stage of the Tennessee Theatre on January 25-26 as Concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra,…
Review: KSO’s Concertmaster Series—Nostalgia and History
BY ALAN SHERROD “Nostalgia is just History after a few drinks.” The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Series as hosted by Concertmaster William Shaub has always enjoyed displaying its dual personality of virtuosic violin showmanship contrasted with deep dives into…
Can Concertmaster William Shaub Pass His Own Music Programming Test?
BY DIANA SALESKY “Somewhere in Time”— Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Concertmaster Series William Shaub, violin; Kevin Class, piano; Rachel Loseke, violin; Katy Gawne, viola; Andy Bryenton, cello Knoxville Museum of Art Wednesday and Thursday, October 4 and 5—7:00 PM…
Review: KSO Opens Chamber Classics Series with Variego, Smyth, and Mozart
BY ALAN SHERROD It would be nice if we could pretend that the past weekend was a normal one for classical music in Knoxville. The fact is, there was nothing normal about it. Knoxville was treated to an unusual…
Big Week for Knoxville Symphony Orchestra — 2023-24 Season Openings in Two Series
It rarely happens this way, but thanks to the whims of the calendar, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will be opening the 2023-24 season for two of its major series within a few days of each other. The KSO’s always-intriguing Chamber…
KSO’s 2023-24 Season: A Q&A with Maestro Aram Demirjian
BY ALAN SHERROD With the sales of single tickets having begun for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-24 season of concerts, Knoxville music lovers are now confronted with the reality of picking and choosing from the five series and the…
Shaub Shines in Strauss at the Cathedral Concert Series
BY DIANA SALESKY Every once in a while, one hears a performance in which the connection between performers and composer is in perfect unity. Such was the case when violinist William Shaub and pianist Kevin Class took on the…