It did not require a seer or soothsayer to predict what would happen at the end of the first movement of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto at this past weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert. Given violinist Paul Huang’s flight of speed, dazzling technique, and breathtaking virtuosic storytelling, it was practically inevitable that the ending would yank the audience out of their seat for a performance-stopping, extended ovation that included cheers and a few bravos.
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…
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…
Review: Joshua Gersen Leads KSO in Beethoven, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky
The Beethoven Violin Concerto returned to the Tennessee Theatre this weekend for the first time since 2011, again with a guest conductor, Joshua Gersen, and this time with a remarkable young violinist, Paul Huang.
Preview: KSO Welcomes Guest Conductor Joshua Gersen and Violinist Paul Huang to Masterworks Series
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks: “Beethoven Violin Concerto” Guest conductor: Joshua Gersen Guest violinist: Paul Huang Beethoven: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration) Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Overture-Fantasy 7:30 PM, Thursday and Friday,…