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After the Storm . . .

I’m not sure about you, but I’m already looking forward to putting 2020 in the rearview mirror.  We’re not even halfway through the year and we’ve weathered a catastrophic tornado and are grappling with a global pandemic . . . and we’re not out of the woods yet.  As our communities gradually reopen and we learn to adjust to what is a hopefully temporary “new normal”, we are all confronted with uncertainty and apprehension about the future.  But, even as we adjust to quarantine, social distancing, facemasks, and the elbow bump rather than the handshake – we can still takeRead More

Nashville Opera’s the Three Decembers

On November 9-11 Nashville Opera offered a production of Jake Heggie’s nostalgic Three Decembers at the Noah Liff Opera Center. Composed as a commission by the Houston Grand Opera inRead More

The Nashville Symphony Presents Russian Masters

On Saturday, November 3, the Nashville Symphony gave a performance entitled Russian Masters, featuring guest conductor Victor Yampolsky, the perfect conductor for the program. The concert consisted of three piecesRead More

Halloween with Nashville Ballet

For sometime the Nashville Ballet has had a penchant for celebrating the Holiday season. No, I’m not talking about the Nutcracker and sugar plum fairies. I’m talking about murder (LizzieRead More

Johannes Möller’s “Chinese Impressions” at MTSU

This free concert was presented by the MTSU Center for Chinese Music and Culture. Guitarist and composer Johannes Möller gave a performance in MTSU’s Hinton Hall. Möller is from Sweden andRead More

The Nashville Symphony in Fine Form with Haydn, Schubert and Martin

The program presented by the Nashville Symphony on October 12th, may not upon initial consideration generate an obvious theme for an evening of orchestral music.  Haydn’s Symphony 104 “London,” Schubert’sRead More

Adam’s Harmonielehre and Ehnes Plays Beethoven with the Nashville Symphony

On Sunday, October 7, 2018, the Nashville Symphony gave a performance of Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, featuring international soloist James Ehnes, and John Adams’s orchestral masterpiece Harmonielehre. BeethovenRead More

La Traviata at Nashville Opera

In 1852 Giuseppe Verdi began composing his great La Traviata for the next season’s Carnival in Venice. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave after Alexandre Dumas’ play LaRead More

Swan Lake by the Nashville Ballet

Nashville is celebrating a couple of anniversaries this year. Over at the Symphony they are celebrating Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero’s 10th year and at the Nashville Ballet they’ve begun Paul Vasterling’sRead More

Ax and Corigliano in Music City

On September 14, 2018 the Nashville Symphony presented a concert that played directly to its primary strengths, both in its ability to reinvigorate existing masterpieces (especially those of the 19thRead More

The Nashville Symphony Celebrates Bernstein

Last Saturday, September 8th, at the opening of the 2018-19 season and the tenth year of Maestro Giancarlo Guerrero’s tenure, the Nashville Symphony revealed a bronze sculpture of its prizedRead More