Music

This Week: KSO Concertmaster Series Leaps Into Autumn — and the Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2

This week on Wednesday and Thursday at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra…

Review: Amadeus Concert Ensemble Focuses On “Sacred Music of Dvořák”

After a performance history that has embraced composers like J.S. Bach, Giuseppe Verdi, Rossini, Mozart. and curated selections of French and Spanish musical gems, the Amadeus Concert Ensemble turned its attention last Sunday afternoon to sacred music of the Czech composer, Antonin Dvořák. Chosen were four movements from the Stabat Mater (1877) and the complete four movement cantata Te Deum (1892). Howard Skinner conducted the orchestra and chorus. Soloists were soprano Maria Natale, alto Diana Salesky, tenor John Overholt, and bass Stephen Morscheck.

Review: KSO Chamber Classics Opens With A Very ‘Memorable’ Beethoven, Mozart, and McKay

This past Sunday afternoon yielded two concerts that practically defined memorable, one of which was the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s season opening concert in their Chamber Classics Series at the Bijou that featured the world premiere of Dosia McKay’s ‘The Lure of the Flowering Fern’, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17 with pianist Emi Kagawa, and Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony. Aram Demirjian conducted.

Sunday Spotlight: Pianist Emi Kagawa & KSO Chamber Orchestra—Mozart, Beethoven, McKay

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra begins its Chamber Classics Series on Sunday, September 29, at the Bijou Theatre. The concert will offer Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4, preceded by the world premiere of the KSO-commissioned, ‘The Lure of the Flowering Fern’ and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17. KSO’s Emi Kagawa is the pianist in the Mozart concerto. Aram Demirjian conducts.