Visitors to the Red Gallery on Jackson Avenue this month have entered a different side of the painting world, the touring exhibition of Steve Keene’s paintings, known at the Hirschhorn Collection. However, as Big Ears cranks up March 21 –…
Spotlight: KSO and Guest Conductor Vinay Parameswaran This Week
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts this week feature guest conductor Vinay Parameswaran and cello soloist Thomas Mesa. The program includes Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.
Review: ‘Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune’ – The Audience as Voyeur
The audience became a voyeur in this superbly compelling and impressive performance of Terrence McNally’s ‘Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune.’ The two-character play was being given 5 performances in a “secret location” by Amber Collins Crane and Gregory Crane as the title couple with direction by David Ratliff.
Review: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Glitters with “French Opera Jewels”
The Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists, led by conductor Brian Salesky, delved deeply into a cache of musical gems entitled “French Opera Jewels” – part of the Cathedral Concert Series.
New to Knoxville — Theater 23 Launches With Arlene Hutton’s ‘As It Is In Heaven’
Trying out the theatrical waters in Knoxville is a new enterprise, Theater 23, headed up by its Founding Artistic Director, Tom Eubanks, a recent Knoxville transplant from California. Their first production will be ‘As It Is in Heaven’ by Arlene Hutton directed by Eubanks and performed at the Old City Performing Arts Center.
Review: Guest Conductor Michelle Di Russo and KSO Bring An Exuberant Mendelssohn and Vivaldi
This month’s KSO Chamber Classics conductor on Sunday afternoon at the Bijou Theatre was Michelle di Russo, currently Associate Conductor with North Carolina Symphony. Two KSO cellists, Sarah Senn and Adam Ayers, were soloists in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos.
March First Friday: When Cometh Spring?
A deal may have been worked out with Mother Nature to spare Knoxville’s March First Friday from the rain, but one will still need a jacket that evening. That’s a small price to pay for being able to shake off…
This Sunday: KSO Takes An Italian Voyage with Mendelssohn, Rossini, and Vivaldi
On this Sunday’s KSO Chamber Classics Series concert at the Bijou, guest conductor Michelle di Russo leads the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra in works by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Vivaldi, and Romero. KSO cellists Adam Ayers and Sarah Senn will be soloists in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos.
On Sunday: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Goes Mining for “French Opera Jewels”
The magic of the 19th Century French Grand Opera is the intriguing subject of the next free concert by the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble as a part of the Cathedral Concert Series on Sunday, March 3.
Review: KSO and Violinist Geneva Lewis Present a Detailed and Subtle Beethoven
There are some concert program combinations that are simply too intriguing to pass up, for any number of reasons. Maestro Aram Demirjian and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra unlocked one of those combinations this past weekend, cutting an enjoyable swath through music history from early Romanticism through turn-of-the-century Impressionism, then finally introducing a compelling new work by a living American composer.
