Having gorged ourselves on Birthday cake for Johann Sebastian Bach’s 336th and enjoyed a boatload of streamings from Leipzig, it is time to jump in and enjoy what Knoxville’s spring has in store this week.
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Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
This Thursday, March 25, the KSO continues its limited live audience plus streaming performances with its Masterworks Series. KSO music director Aram Demirjian has selected a program that carries some relevant themes and intriguing connections for those following the stories behind the music.
Demirjian will open the evening with Joseph Haydn’s 1785 Symphony No. 85 in B-flat, one of the six so-called Paris Symphonies. The work has been nicknamed La Reine (“The Queen”), receiving that sobriquet from its reported admiration by the then Queen of France, Marie Antoinette.
Joseph Bologne, a composer, orchestra leader, and violinist, was a contemporary of Haydn. Possessing the title Chevalier de Saint-Georges, he was born in French colonial Guadeloupe the son of a wealthy planter, George Bologne de Saint-Georges, and his wife’s African slave. The KSO will perform his Sinfonia No. 2 in D major.
Although unheard, and almost lost, for many years, the music of Florence Price is now acquiring plenty of admirers, including those in the KSO. On this occasion, the orchestra is performing a string orchestra version of her Andante moderato movement from her String Quartet in G Major.
Demirjian is concluding the program with contemporary composer/arranger Carlos Simon’s Portrait of a Queen.
Beck Cultural Exchange Center President, Reverend Reneé Kesler, will be a guest speaker for the program.
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 85 (La Reine)
Joseph Bologne — Sinfonia No. 2 In D Major (L’Amant Anonyme)
Florence Price — Andante Moderato From String Quartet In G Major
Carlos Simon — Portrait Of A Queen
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street
Thursday, March 25, at 7:30 PM
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Knoxville Opera
As part of the Cathedral Concert Series at Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Knoxville Opera will be performing A MUSICAL CELEBRATION OF EASTER & PASSOVER. The program features operatic music of Mascagni and Halévy, excerpts from Verdi’s Requiem, and arrangements of familiar hymns, psalms, and spirituals by Fauré, Barber, Granier, Secunda, Corley, Willcocks, and Shackley.
The soloists, accompanied by Knoxville Opera Artistic Director Brian Salesky: Maria Clark, soprano; Aubrey Odle, mezzo soprano; Aaron Short, tenor; David Crawford, bass;
Admission is Free, but seating is Very Limited.
Reserve here: https://www.eventbrite.com/…/cathedral-concert…
The event will also be livestreamed, recorded, and archived at:
https://m.youtube.com/c/SacredHeartCathedralKnoxvilleTN
Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
711 S. Northshore Drive
March 28, 5:00 PM
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The Emporium Center
This is the last week for the March exhibitions at the Emporium Center.
• A1LabArts: GRIT
• Group exhibition with Betty Bullen, Geri Forkner, Jack Retterer, Alex Rifwald, Paula Shahid, David Smith, and William Tate
• FOOTHILLS CRAFT GUILD Fine Crafts
• Ephemerality: Works by Charlotte Brindley
• Adam Rowe: Knot Theories: An Exploration of Partial-dimensional Geometry
The Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street, is open to the public hours Monday-Friday 9 AM – 5 PM.
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UT Downtown Gallery
Through March 27, Salvador Dali’s Divine Comedy
This exhibition is the complete suite of woodblock prints created by Dali to illustrate each of the 100 cantos in Dante’s 3 part poem, The Divine Comedy.
Open Wednesday – Friday 11am – 6pm and Saturdays from 10am – 3pm. UT Downtown Gallery, 106 S. Gay Street
Information: 865-673-0802
http://web.utk.edu/~downtown
