The Knoxville Symphony
Orchestra and Maestro
Lucas Richman will
present the November
installment of the Moxley
Carmichael Masterworks
Series on Thursday and Friday, November
19 & 20, at the Tennessee Theatre. The
concerts begin at 8:00 pm and features
acclaimed pianist Benjamin Hochman.

The program will open with Haydn’s
Symphony No. 16. This work, performed
in commemoration of the bicentennial of
Haydn’s death, is a KSO Premiere. Pianist
Benjamin Hochman, making his
Knoxville debut, will then join Richman
and the orchestra on stage to perform
Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No.1. This
performance, celebrating the bicentennial
of Mendelssohn’s birth, will mark the first
performance of this Piano Concerto by
the KSO in over 50 years! Hochman,
described by the Kansas City Star as
playing with “such breathless perfection
that time seemed to stand still,” has
achieved widespread acclaim for his
performances as an orchestral soloist.

Following intermission, the orchestra
will perform the Prelude and Liebestod
from Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde,
as well as The Rosenkavalier Suite from
Strauss’ opera

Der Rosenkavalier. The Suite features a
series of waltzes depicting the love story
between the two characters Sophie and
Octavian.

“The musical discourses on love from
two of the Germanic composers featured
on the upcoming November Masterworks
program could not be more different
while, at the same time, emanating from a
similar source of passion,” says KSO Music
Director Lucas Richman. “Wagner’s
Tristan und Isolde exemplifies love that
goes beyond our earthly plain, while
Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier sends love
leaping joyously through its never-ending
waltzes.”

Tickets to the concert begin at $23.00
and may be purchased by logging on to
the KSO website, www.
knoxvillesymphony.com, or by calling the
KSO Box Office at 865-291-3310 or
Tickets Unlimited at 865-656-4444.
Patrons are encouraged to prepare for the
concert ahead of time by reading the
program notes or listening to the podcast,
both are available online at www.
knoxvillesymphony.com.

The KSO has contributed to the cultural
life in East Tennessee since 1935. Under
the leadership of Lucas Richman, the
orchestra consists of more than 80
professional musicians and performs more
than 200 programs throughout East
Tennessee each season. Performing in
traditional venues such as the Tennessee
Theatre, Bijou Theatre and the Civic
Auditorium, and in non-traditional places
like hospitals, school classrooms, shopping
centers and city parks, the KSO reaches
more than 200,000 people throughout the
region each year. EK