By Alan Sherrod As harsh as it sounds, the history of music is the history of fads and fascinations. Whether it was to serve the needs of religion, royalty, wealthy patrons, or a fickle public, composers for centuries have…
Saturday Evening: UT Symphony To Offer a Beethoven Fantasy and a Bruckner 7
By Alan Sherrod It isn’t at all uncommon for audiences today to willingly take in performances of four and five hours, or even more, if the occasion demands it. Marathon concerts, even all night ones, always attract the curious…
Review: CBT’s ‘King Charles III’ – A Possible Future Chases the Past
By Alan Sherrod It should come as no surprise that a somewhat heated controversy arose in the U.K. over Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play, King Charles III, a dramatic projection of the accession to the throne of Prince Charles following…
Thursday Arts Miscellany: Art/Design Openings and Shows
Above: Frank Stella (Malden, Massachusetts, 1936; lives and works in New York), Shards II, 1982. Acrylic and oil stick on etched, cut and assembled aluminum, 40x45x6 inches, Knoxville Museum of Art, gift of June and Rob Heller, 2014. © 2019 Frank…
Review: Performance Treasures Mark Flying Anvil Theatre’s ‘Dog Act’
By Alan Sherrod It is tempting to describe Liz Duffy Adams’ comedy, Dog Act, in terms of other familiar post-apocalyptic scenarios—like “Mad Max goes on Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and performs Vaudeville.” However, the fact is that Dog Act,…
Recital Report: Pianist László Váradi Journeys Through An Afternoon of Liszt
By Alan Sherrod One doesn’t really expect Beethoven’s ‘Appassionata’ Sonata to lead off a recital program, yet there it was, brimming with heat to start the afternoon. László Váradi, the first pianist in this year’s Young Pianist Series recitals, clearly had…
Theatre Knoxville Downtown Begins Its Second Act And Revives a Lonely Corner
By Alan Sherrod Urban renewal—if one can still use that term today with a straight face—has not been kind to 800 South Central Street. A mere two blocks east of the bustle of Gay Street, and on the now…
Sunday, Jan 27: ‘Young Pianist Series’ Opens 40th Season with László Váradi
The Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series opens its 40th season of recitals with Hungarian pianist László Váradi. This first of three recitals takes place in the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall of the Natalie L. Haslam Music Center on the University of Tennessee campus on Sunday, January 27, at 2:30 PM.
Review: The Present and the Future Collide in KSO’s Majestic “New World”
By Alan Sherrod A collision of the present and the future occurred on the stage of the Tennessee Theatre this weekend—an experience that was noticeably transformative for both performers and audience. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and its Knoxville Symphony…
Recital Report: UT’s Ready For the World – Americana
By Alan Sherrod Sunday afternoon saw the next installment of the University of Tennessee’s Ready for the World Music Series, an offering of three programs per year intended to illuminate the music and culture of a variety of regions…
