Well, they weren't really secrets, but let us ponder another branch of the KSO's musical
tree, the Chamber Classics series. It will continue some old
traditions and initiate a new one for 2016-17, with four concerts at
the Bijou Theatre, and one at UT's Powell Recital Hall (January's
Principal Quartet concert). All concerts will start at 2:30 pm.
On September 25, the
18th century will come to life with music of Mozart and Haydn. The
impish Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
by Mozart will open the afternoon, and Haydn's final symphony, the
London, will finish it.
In between will fit Mozart's timeless Piano
Concerto No. 21 in C with our buddy Kevin Class soloing. Resident
Conductor James Fellenbaum will be on the podium, as will he be for
the October and April CC concerts while our new Maestro Aram
Demirjian fulfills previous contracted engagements.
Since things Latin
are on our minds during the Rio Olympics, it seems appropriate to
bring music from other Americas to the Bijou stage. We shall do just
that on October 30, performing music of Mexico (Arturo Marquez's
Danzon No. 4), Venezuela
(Aldemaro Romero's Fuga con Pajarillo),
Argentina (Astor Piazzolla's “The Four Seasons of Argentina”) and
Cuba, via the USA (Copland's Three Latin American
Sketches).
A
tradition that started last season and continues this year is a
holiday concert with our new Music Director, Aram
Demirjian making his Bijou debut! We'll be joined by Pellissippi State's Variations Choir on
November 27 (the Sunday after Thanksgiving) for a holiday concert
that will start your season off right. A tradition that is starting
THIS season is the Principal Quartet's appearance at the lush, newrecital hall on the UT campus; an appropriately intimate setting for such intimate music. Two superb works will make up this
program, Tchaikovsky's Quartet No. 1 in D Major, and a gem from
Beethoven's middle period, the Op. 59 No. 3 Quartet in C Major. The
series will conclude on April 2, returning to the Bijou with
Respighi's neo-renaissance Ancient Airs and Dances,
Mozart's Oboe Concerto featuring principal oboist Claire Chenette, and Tchaikovsky's delicious Serenade
for Strings.
Tickets
for all of these shows have JUST gone on sale, so hurry on down to
your phone or computer! View the KSO concert calendar here.
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