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Mostly Classical: January 2009
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009. REVIEW: Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. Bach, Mozart, and Mendelssohn. Maestro Lucas Richman, who seems to have quite an affinity for the early Romantic composers, warmed the concertgoers with his energetic interpretation—brisk, but solid and tight, and seemingly perfectly balanced. The first movement, a joyfully ebullient Allegro vivace. Although I do not know if Richman had intended such a comparison, the beautiful slow second movement, a Larghetto. Is a theme-and-variations...
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Mostly Classical: October 2008
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Saturday, October 25, 2008. This review, All Tchaikovsky, All The Time. Is available online at MetroPulse.com. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Links of Possible Interest. Metro Pulse - Classical Music. The New Yorker Arts and Culture. Recital Report: Brahms Chamber Music with Piano Wraps with 7th Recital. If you you would like to let me know about performances, music news of interest, or if you would like to comment on this blog, please email me at. Subscribe To Mostly Classical.
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Mostly Classical: REVIEW: "The Audition"
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Monday, April 20, 2009. The Metropolitan Opera's HD series presented a different kind of opera experience this past Sunday—a screening of a documentary film titled The Audition. Mes amis,” from Donizetti’s Fille du Régiment. The third tenor’s story is heartbreaking, to say the least. Ryan Smith was a thirty-year old genial, yet overweight, singer whose road there had been filled with obstacles of all sorts. His performance was nothing less than brilliant, and he emerged one of the six final...Obviously, ...
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Mostly Classical: Who is Jacob ter Veldhuis?
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Who is Jacob ter Veldhuis? That question will be answered in a few weeks as the Dutch avant-something composer appears in Knoxville for a week-long residency and festival, MARCH 30-APRIL 4, 2009, under the sponsorship of the University of Tennessee School of Music. And UT's Ready for the World. The director of the festival is Dr. Connie Frigo, Assistant Professor of Saxophone in the UT School of Music. A three day JacobTV Festival entitled “Grab It! I will have more to say on Jaco...
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Mostly Classical: December 2008
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Friday, December 19, 2008. A Note on the Nutcracker. Although music and ballet lovers today may find it difficult to believe, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker. While I have attended the New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre productions in years past, not to mention several Nutcrackers. For future air dates. The San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Martin West, is excellent. Try to view this one if you can. Monday, December 15, 2008. This Week: KSO Holiday Concerts. Four UT music ensemb...
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Mostly Classical: May 2009
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Thursday, May 21, 2009. Of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's final concert of the season, "Richmond Conducts Mahler," in this week's Metro Pulse. The next opportunity to hear the KSO comes in the idyllic setting of Cades Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park as part of the 75th anniversary celebration of the founding of the park. The concert will take place on Saturday, June 13th at 3 pm. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Music Director Lucas Richman,. Commissioned by th...
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Mostly Classical: Shakespeare and Music
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises,. Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments. Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices…. Who has organized Sounds and Sweet Airs: Shakespeare and Music. An evening of music, theatre, and dance inspired by the Bard, including scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Much Ado About Nothing. Romeo and Juliet,. Among the local artists performing on the program will be:. If you you wo...
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Mostly Classical: April 2009
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Monday, April 20, 2009. The Metropolitan Opera's HD series presented a different kind of opera experience this past Sunday—a screening of a documentary film titled The Audition. Mes amis,” from Donizetti’s Fille du Régiment. The third tenor’s story is heartbreaking, to say the least. Ryan Smith was a thirty-year old genial, yet overweight, singer whose road there had been filled with obstacles of all sorts. His performance was nothing less than brilliant, and he emerged one of the six final...Obviously, ...
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Mostly Classical: July 2009
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Thursday, July 30, 2009. Note: "Mostly Classical" Has Moved! For reasons both technical and boring, I have moved my classical music posts to a new blog: Classical Journal. Http:/ classicaljournal.wordpress.com/. You may want to change your bookmarks to the new site. This site will remain intact for now should anyone need to read the older articles. Thanks…I hope you'll enjoy Classical Journal. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Links of Possible Interest. Metro Pulse - Classical Music.
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Mostly Classical: February 2009
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009. KSO to Premiere Work by W.M. Harrell. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert this February 26th and 27th will feature two works by Johannes Brahms and a world premiere of Time Like An Ever Flowing Stream. By Knoxville composer M.W. Harrell. You can read my profile of Harrell in this week's Metro Pulse or online here. The two works by Brahms are the Symphony No. 2 and the Liebeslieder Waltzes. Monday, February 23, 2009. REVIEW: Pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski.
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