If it hadn’t been for pianist Fei-Fei Dong’s exuberant encore of contemporary Russian pianist Arcadi Volodos’ rambunctious arrangement of Mozart’s “Turkish Rhondo,” last night’s Knoxville Symphony Masterworks Concert at the …
The circular path of regrets at UT’s Lab Theatre
In David West Read’s intriguing first play, “The Dream of the Burning Boy,” written in 2010, high school English professor Larry Morrow, played with taunt care by Terry Weber, mostly …
‘The Last Movie Star’ lets Burt Reynolds down
There was a lot of excitement at the Tennessee Theatre Thursday night for the Knoxville premiere of “The Last Movie Star.” The movie’s star, Burt Reynolds, 82, was on-hand and …
Considering Big Ears: Expressions of the spirit
Just before the 2018 Big Ears Festival began, an acquaintance commented on “the weird music” at the coming weekend’s event. I didn’t have a chance to follow up, but my …
Big Ears Festival kicks off to big crowds
Despite bad weather in the Northeast disrupting travel for both performers and Big Ears attendees this week, the Big Ears Festival kicked off to large crowds in downtown Knoxville Thursday.
Thursday’s …
Concertmaster Series concludes with soulful, rousing music
One doesn’t go to a classical music recital expecting to hear arrangements of the African-American spiritual “Deep River,” or the Christian hymns “Jesus Loves Me” and “Shall We Gather at …
KSO, Choral Society deliver sensuous concert
The Knoxville Symphony and Knoxville Choral Society delivered a sensational, sensuous performance of Carl Orff’s 1937 masterpiece “Carmina Burana” at the Tennessee Theatre this week. But it wasn’t the only …
KSO Pops features Disney
The Knoxville Symphony, along with Disney Concert’s four excellent singers: Aaron Phillips, Andrew Johnson, Lisa Livesay and Whitney Claire Kaufman belting out the vocals, delivered a rousing program of specially-arranged …