Knowing that Edward Elgar’s “Serenade for Strings in E Minor,” Op. 20, which opened the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Classics concert Sunday at the Bijou Theatre, was first performed by 35-year-old …
Hristov, Hu complete Beethoven sonata series with sensuality
Pianist Chih-Long Hu took off in arpeggio flourishes and trills that Miroslav Hristov’s violin had no choice but to jump into just to keep up in Beethoven’s 1801/02 “Sonata No. …
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 …
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 …