Before hearing a piece for solo cello called “Nähte” (“Stitched”), written just last year by Trevor Bača, one can think of all kinds of things – if the micro-focus is …
Knoxville: 1919 to 2019
The Bijou Theatre was the perfect venue for Monday night’s program celebrating Black History Month. And the price was right, too.
The Rev. Reneé Kesler, president of the Beck Cultural Exchange …
Meryl Dominguez mesmerizes in ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
It didn’t take any guessing to figure out that all is not well at Lammermoor Castle in Gaetano Donizetti’s 1835 opera “Lucia di Lammermoor,” which Knoxville Opera presented this weekend …
Jan Coe brings mindfulness through sound therapy
Almost everyone knows the power of music. Even people with little to no hearing include music as an important component in their lives. There are parts of music, notably the …
Put on your racing shoes – it’s time to take in the arts
You’re going to need a fast car – and probably a clone – to take advantage of all the arts awesomeness taking place this weekend.
Start this morning (Feb. 21) by …
Storm clouds, operatic aria power violin-piano Beethoven concert
There were moments during Beethoven’s “Sonata No. 5 in F Major for Violin and Piano,” Op. 24, when Chih-Long Hu’s piano was off on extended rampages by itself that violinist …
Inner Voices String Quartet plays up a storm in Oak Ridge
The superb musicians of the Inner Voices String Quartet rescued the evening from rain-soaked winter dreariness Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge.
The group – first violinist Ruth Bacon, …
Hristov, Hu launch Beethoven’s violin sonatas cycle
Listening to violinist Miroslav Hristov and pianist Chih-Long Hu play Ludwig van Beethoven’s 1797-98 “Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Major,” Op. 12, No. 1, one might think this music …