For the second season in a row, March was guest conductor month for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series. This past Sunday’s concert at the Bijou found conductor Noam Aviel on the podium for a program that seemed to follow its “Mediterranean Masters” theme on paper, but, in reality, had a delightful textural eclecticism that defied time period. Ms. Aviel’s direction through the afternoon was crisp, accurate, and entertaining, with tempos that bubbled energetically against the richness of the well-balanced chamber orchestra.
Amadeus Chamber Ensemble: The Sacred Side of Rossini
On September 17, the Cathedral Concert Series will present Amadeus Chamber Ensemble performing selections from Gioacchino Rossini’s sacred masterworks, Stabat Mater and Messe Solonnelle. Maestro Howard Skinner shared his thoughts on not only these works, but the oft-stereotyped composer behind…
Review: KSO Brings Delectable Passions and Delicious Sublime Subversion
Review of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks concerts this weekend, concerts that featured Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and works by Rossini and Puccini.
In the ‘Mercury’: Review of KSO’s ‘Mozart and Mendelssohn’
Last weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert featured Rossini’s Overture to William Tell, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major (pianist Conrad Tao), and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A Minor (“Scottish”). The guest conductor was James Feddeck. My review of…
Preview: KSO Visits Rossini, Mozart, and Mendelssohn’s ‘Scottish’ Symphony
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks “Mozart and Mendelssohn” Thursday and Friday, March 19, 20, at 7:30 p.m., Tennessee Theatre Conductor: James Feddeck Rossini: The overture to William Tell Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503; Conrad Tao, piano Mendelssohn:…