BY ALAN SHERROD Thanks to the remarkable resurgent interest in vinyl LPs, I can still use the simile “sounding like a broken record” and yet have most readers understand the reference. In this case, I freely and happily admit…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: November First Friday Week Overflows With Events
Emboldened by a good economy and signs that Covid-19 vaccinations have made going to performances safer, the Knoxville music and art scene finds itself on a happy roll. Something for everyone this week, and for the rest of the month.…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Marble City Opera – ‘Lily’, Big Ears 2022 Additions, UT Percussion Ensemble
Things to Know and See This Week, October 26-31 Marble City Opera Knoxville theatre and opera goers may remember mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock from the 2015 Knoxville Opera production of Carmen, certainly made memorable by Babcock in the title role. This…
Review: KSO Is ‘Fantastique’; Violinist Paul Huang Exhilarates in Bruch
BY ALAN SHERROD If there was a word that combined “exhilaration” with “exuberance,” we would surely be using it today to describe the October installments of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concerts this past Thursday and Friday evenings at…
UT Symphony Orchestra on Sunday: Bartok and Shostakovich
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Viola Celebration Finale Sunday, October 24, 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium on the UT Campus FREE Bartok: Viola Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 In Viola Celebration Finale, Three Notable Violists Combine for Bartok’s Viola…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: KSO, UT School of Music, TVUUC, et al.
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks – Symphonie Fantastique Maestro Aram Demirjian conducts the KSO in three works: Clarice Assad: Sin Fronteras (Without Borders) Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor with violinist Paul Huang Hector Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique Thursday…
KSO This Week: Berlioz’ ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ and Paul Huang in Bruch Violin Concerto
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks “Symphonie Fantastique” Clarice Assad: Sin Fronteras (Without Borders) Max Bruch, Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Paul Huang, violin) Hector Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique Conductor: Aram Demirjian Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville Thursday…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: On the Wall…and Off the Wall
Great things sometimes slip through the cracks, but we’re trying real hard to be the shepherd. Here are a few things from galleries, museums, et al., to check out. Don’t forget your mask. Ewing Gallery: Grant Gibson The newly renovated…
Review: KSO Concertmaster Series Takes A Vibrant ‘Tour of Italy’
BY ALAN SHERROD At the very top of the front page of the New York Times on February 8, 1935 came the headline “Kreisler Reveals ‘Classics’ as Own; Fooled Music Critics for 30 Years.” For years, the renowned violinist…
Wednesday Arts Miscellany: October 6-10, 2021
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Series Knoxville Museum of Art Wednesday and Thursday, October 6 and 7, at 7:00 PM Tickets and Information KSO Concertmaster William Shaub hosts this popular program that showcases virtuosic violin works plus a wide array of…