By 1709, the year that Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body had its premiere and run of 13 performances, the fortunes of Restoration comedy had come, gone, and come again. The audience interest in comedic salaciousness and sexual intrigue that typified the…
CBT’s ‘The Busy Body’ – The Force of Necessity
Not entirely by accident, I recently stumbled upon an 1808 printing of Susanna Centlivre’s The Busy Body (1709) in a volume drawn from productions of that play by the Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres. The printing, coming roughly 100 years after the play was first produced in 1709, drew me in with scholarly fascination.
Composer Jennifer Higdon in Residency at UT School of Music
Composer Jennifer Higdon returns to Knoxville this weekend and next week for a composer-in-residence stint with the University of Tennessee School of Music.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the concert events listed below. There is no admission charge for any of them.
Theatre Knoxville Downtown: ‘Clybourne Park’ – Feb 17-Mar 5
When awards are handed out for cultural perseverance, Theatre Knoxville Downtown will undoubtedly be one of the first called to the stage to receive acclaim for their tenacity and longevity. According to their website- Theatre Knoxville was chartered in March…
Five Reasons To Catch This Week’s KSO Concerts
For reasons that often border on the illogical, if not irrational, the winter concerts of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra with guest conductors are often passed up by regular concertgoers, yielding sparser crowds than usual. Is it the weather? That certainly…
Review: Knoxville Opera’s ‘La Bohème’
Infused with cold medicine and lulled into a sense of security by cough lozenges so as not to compete with poor consumptive Mimi, I entered the Tennessee Theatre last weekend with definite expectations for a La Bohème from Knoxville Opera—an…
2017 Winners: Met Auditions, Southeast Region
The 2017 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions for the Southeast region were held on Sunday, February 12, at Spivey Hall of Clayton State University in Atlanta, Georgia. This year, judges awarded three first place winners (eliminating second and third place…
At KMA: Jared Sprecher, ‘Outside In’
An exhibition of Jared Sprecher’s work, Outside In, opens this Friday, January 27 and remains until April 16 at the Knoxville Museum of Art.
Confessions of a Bachophile: Small Ensembles Keep the Love Alive
Confessions of a Bachophile is a continuation of an article series I began on Classical Journal several years ago. As personal history, it was the music of J.S. Bach that first captured my classical music imagination as a child. Today, while one…
Friday Evening: Inner Voices String Quartet, ‘Barber at the Hair Salon’
It is a very positive sign when new classical music ensembles form and reach out to find new audiences. Inner Voice String Quartet is just such an ensemble—only a year old—and one that seeks to explore alternative venues and different listening experiences.
Their performance this week is at the GEO Hair Lab, Friday evening at 8 PM
