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From Russia, With Thrills
This weekend’s Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra concert at the Read House Silver Ballroom showcases three thrilling masterpieces of Russian music. Though the selected music calls only calls for a few players, this small concert offers the opportunity to sit with Maestro Robert Bernhardt and some of the CSO’s talented musicians and listen to music both 20th century and romantic, experimental and traditional.
For their Masterworks concerts and opera events, the Chattanooga Symphony is no stranger to the Tivoli Theater, but the Chamber Series is a different animal. Instead of watching the conductor and his musicians raised on a stage far out of reach, the Read House Silver Ballroom offers music lovers the chance to see and hear important music in a comfortable and relaxed setting. This weekend’s concert features three works for small orchestra by two of Russia’s most lauded composers: Igor Stravinsky and Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Sunday’s program opens with Stravinsky’s “Octet” for eight wind instruments, a work that Maestro Bernhardt is especially excited about performing. “The ‘Octet’ of Stravinsky is an absolute masterpiece,” Bernhardt said in an interview. “It’s what happens when you more »
