It sounds trite to say it, but if you only make it to one Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert this season, this week’s Masterworks pair should be it. KSO music director and conductor, Lucas Richman, will be conducting his last concert with…
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:…
Review: Guest Conductor Lawrence Loh and the KSO Sculpt A Dynamic Masterpiece
There was a time—only a few years ago—that the booking and announcement of a guest conductor for a Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concert engendered in me a gnawing feeling of dread and trepidation. Thankfully, those days seem to be over as…
KSO This Week: Tchaikovsky Symphony #4, Shostakovich, Berlioz
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Lawrence Loh, guest conductor Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Opus 9 Shostakovich: Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra in E-flat Major (Julie Albers, cello) Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Opus 36 Thursday and Friday, January 22-23,…