Harold Duckett

• KSO delivers explosive final concert of the season Published 05/17/2013 at 9:58 a.m.

  It wouldn’t be entirely right to say that Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque helped write Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 ballet “The Rite of Spring,” which brought shouts of bravo at the Knoxville Symphony concert at the Tennessee Theatre Thursday night.

• Spirituality translated in trio of pieces by Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Published 05/11/2013 at 12:08 p.m.

  Spirituality is the theme of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s concerts Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17, when the orchestra, with guest cellist Inbal Segev, delve into three very different perspectives of the nature of spirituality. This follows April’s terrific ...

• Review: Knoxville Opera's 'Cinderella' filled with fun Published 04/27/2013 at 12:59 p.m.

  Opera can be snooty.

• Knoxville Opera's 'Cinderella' is slipper-less tale Published 04/20/2013 at 11:51 a.m.

  Don’t expect a fairy tale version of “Cinderella” when Knoxville Opera takes on Gioachino Rossini’s “La Cenerentola,” written in 1816 when Rossini was only 25, dashing it off in a mere three weeks.

• Review: 'Rape of Lucretia' performance a UT Opera gem Published 04/13/2013 at 3:03 p.m.

  ‘Rape of Lucretia’ performance a UT Opera gem

• Verdi's 'Requiem' on program for KSO, Choral Society Published 04/13/2013 at 12:43 p.m.

  Can specialized religious ritual, universal spirituality, theater and political defiance exist in the same conceptual space?

• Corcoran, Vidovic lead KSO's Spanish-inspired concerts Published 03/16/2013 at 2:29 p.m.

  The glass ceiling — that proverbial barrier to women’s equality — has a few more cracks in it because of the work of the two women who will be guests performers with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in this week’s pair ...

• Violinist William Hagen aims for home runs at KSO concerts Published 02/16/2013 at noon

  It isn't every young violinist who dreamed of becoming a major league all-star baseball player and a virtuoso concert violinist.

• UT School of Music takes on Beethoven's 'demanding' 'Ninth' Published 02/16/2013 at noon

  Performing Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9 in D Minor," Op. 125, written in 1824, is a massive undertaking for any level of orchestra, even the best professional ensembles.

• Russian pianist Evgeny Brakhman to perform Rachmaninoff tribute concert Published 02/09/2013 at 2 p.m.

  One of those people born with the rare gift of perfect pitch (1 in 10,000 among non-Asians), Russian pianist Evgeny Brakhman, who will perform for the 70th anniversary celebration of Rachmaninoff's last performance on Feb. 17, 1943, pretty much had ...

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