BY ALAN SHERROD To say there was an air of excitement at the past weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts at the Tennessee Theatre would be an understatement. The occasion was the world premiere performances of Michael Schachter’s Violin Concerto:…
Review: KSO Wraps Four Month Season, Looks to the Future, with Torke’s ‘Sky’ and Beethoven
BY ALAN SHERROD Although Isaac Newton probably wasn’t thinking about performers and performances when he developed his First Law of Motion, that Law of Inertia has certainly demonstrated its truth in the music world over the last year—a body…
Review: The Present and the Future Collide in KSO’s Majestic “New World”
By Alan Sherrod A collision of the present and the future occurred on the stage of the Tennessee Theatre this weekend—an experience that was noticeably transformative for both performers and audience. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and its Knoxville Symphony…