There was a time when one could just hang out and relax on Sundays without having to anguish over how to fit in all the various performances that were available and enticing. This Sunday, March 4, is definitely not a day for napping. None of the events below need much explanation, but I’ll help out with the choices just a bit.
2:00 PM
Pianist Yingnan Liu in a guest artist recital at the UT School of Music
Yingnan Liu is a piano professor at Shenyang Conservatory in China
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
FREE
Clarence Brown Theatre: the strangers
World premiere of a play by Christopher Oscar Peña
CBT’s Carousel Theatre – Tickets and Information
Review
Flying Anvil Theatre: Sylvia by A. R. Gurney
Directed by Charlotte Headrick
Flying Anvil Theatre is located at 1300 Rocky Hill Rd, behind the Rocky Hill Shopping Center. Tickets and Information
Wednesdays-Saturdays at 7:30 PM; Sundays at 2:00 PM through April 1
2:30 PM
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra: Chamber Classics Series
Conductor Aram Demirjian leads the orchestra in yet another KSCO concert chock-full of musical diversity.
J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Stravinsky: Concerto In E-Flat, “Dumbarton Oaks”
Theofanidis: Muse
Mozart: Symphony No. 41, “Jupiter”
Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street, Downtown
Tickets start at $15
3:00 PM
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: Almost, Maine
By John Cariani
Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 North Gay St.
(Note: this is the final performance of the run)
Tickets and information
4:00 PM
UT Symphony Orchestra: Concertos and Classics — featuring 2018 SOM Concerto Competition Winners
James R. Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building
FREE
8:00 PM
Hannah Hammel, flute, in a guest artist recital at UT School of Music
Hammel is the newly appointed principal flute of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and winner of the 2016 National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition. Joined by David Mamedov-piano, this program will include Bach, Poulenc, Paganini, and Franck.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie L. Haslam Music Center
FREE