BY ALAN SHERROD Any discussion of past or present requiems inevitably begins with Wolfgang…
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“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Philip Glass, Words Without Music: A Memoir
This Weekend: Entertainment Choices—and decisions—Abound
This week/weekend will be one of those that offers something for every one with an…
Preview: KSO This Week – Mozart’s Mystery and the Maestro’s Musings
BY DIANA SALESKY Clouded in myth and speculation, Mozart’s Requiem remains a veritable mystery…
Preview: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble’s ‘Hallelujah Handel!’ on Sunday
There’s a common joke in the music world that thousands of performers owe their December…
Big Ears 2023 — Living Inside the Music
BY ERIC DAWSON “This is the best music festival in America.” (John Zorn at…
Review: William Shaub and Friends Make Sense of Beethoven’s Final String Quartet
BY ALAN SHERROD The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Series with William Shaub has one…
Review: Big Ears Magic-Shara Nova and the Knoxville Symphony in ‘The Blue Hour’
BY ALAN SHERROD As the 2023 Big Ears Festival was winding down on Sunday…
Preview: KSO’s Concertmaster Series – Beethoven’s Final String Quartet: The Answered Question
BY DIANA SALESKY Most of us who study the violin dream of one day…
Review: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Journeys Through Higdon, Copland, Sibelius
BY ALAN SHERROD If you sat back, closed your eyes, and indulged your imagination…
Knoxville Symphony This Week: Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Copland, Jean Sibelius
BY DIANA SALESKY Composer Jennifer Higdon: A Tennessee Treasure Comes Home Composer Jennifer Higdon…
