The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra continues its 2009-10 season this week with a concert that should interest just about everyone with a pulse. The KSO concerts are Thursday and Friday evenings, November 19-20, at 8 p.m. in the Tennessee Theatre. Lucas Richman is conducting.
On the bill is:
• Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 16 in B-flat Major
The Symphony No. 16 from a 29-year old Haydn certainly adds fuel to the pleasant argument:
The Symphony No. 16 from a 29-year old Haydn certainly adds fuel to the pleasant argument:
Who is more entertaining, Mozart or Haydn?
• Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Benjamin Hochman
• Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 with pianist Benjamin Hochman
It's still the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, but who needs an excuse to listen to this brilliant work?
• Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
• Richard Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Wagner's amazing Love-Death should not be missed.
• Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
• Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Suite
I always have to remind myself that Strauss wrote Der Rosenkavalier after the game-changing tonality of Salome.
Benjamin Hochman (photo by J. Henry Fair)
Piano soloist for the Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1
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