Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring seems to miraculously capture something of hope and longing, and evokes a yearning for a rebirth and a new beginning in a landscape of pastoral beauty. In truth, though, Copland was merely composing for an as-yet…
Weekend Reviews, Part 2: UT Symphony Pipes Up With Fauré and Saint-Saëns
By Saturday evening, Friday’s treacherous ice-covered snow had turned to cold rain and messy, deep slush. However, the spectre of soggy shoes and dripping overcoats did not persuade the fans of the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra under conductor James Fellenbaum to stay…
Weekend Reviews, Part 1: KSO Performs Dvorák’s ‘Stabat Mater’
By itself, neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor sub-zero cold, is enough to keep dedicated music audiences from the object of their affection. But tie those forms of wintry weather together with hardened sheets of ice created by sleet…
“Vive La France” This Saturday Evening – UT Symphony Focuses on French Music
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra “Vive la France” Dukas: Fanfare from from La Perí Fauré: Requiem Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (“The Organ Symphony”) James Fellenbaum, conducting Saturday, February 21 7:30 p.m. James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial…
KSO This Week: Dvořák’s ‘Stabat Mater’
Despite the week’s treacherous ice, snow, and bone-chilling cold, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra‘s concerts will go on as scheduled with a performance of Dvořák’s Stabat Mater. Casual followers of the music of Antonin Dvořák familiar with the composer’s Symphony from the New World,…
Review: A Strong Cast Rules Knoxville Opera’s ‘Carmen’
A number of productions of Bizet’s Carmen have been in the music news recently, not the least of which is a current production at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with some rather notable casting. While such discussion makes any…
2015 Arts and Culture Alliance Juried Exhibition Shows Its Digital Influence
One of the cruelest of ironies in arts and technology is that the company that developed the core technology for digital photography ended up being the biggest victim of its success. Steven Sasson of Eastman Kodak invented the first prototype…
Knoxville Opera’s ‘Carmen’ This Weekend: Bass Ryan Kuster and his Escamillo
Do toreadors and opera singers have anything in common? Perhaps. Both require training to expand on one’s natural gift; both must perform, often at risk, before a demanding audience; and both thrive on the adulation of the crowds and develop…
Depth Becomes Her in Knoxville Opera’s ‘Carmen’
Knoxville Opera’s production of Bizet’s Carmen Conductor and musical director: Brian Salesky; Stage director: Chuck Hudson With Audrey Babcock as Carmen, Brian Cheney as Don José, Ryan Kuster as Escamillo, and Zulimar López-Hernández as Micaëla. Friday, February 13, 8 p.m.…
Sunday: The Public Cinema Series At the KMA
We’re just now hearing about the Public Cinema Series at the Knoxville Museum of Art–but if you gravitate toward cinema art, you will want to put this bi-weekly series on your Sunday to-do list. The free-admission program on Sunday, Feb.…
