Afternoon Concert on WUOT
Weekdays from 1-4 p.m.
WUOT's afternoon classical music program airs from 1-4 p.m. each weekday.
Classics for Kids airs Mondays at 3 p.m. (rpt. of previous Saturday's show)
NOTE: Playlists are not posted during fund drive weeks in the fall and spring.
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Melony Dodson talks with Rhiannon Giddens, Artistic Director of the Silkroad Ensemble, about American Railroad and the Grammy Award-winning ensemble's upcoming performance at the Big Ears Festival 2024. Giddens also discusses her other performances at the festival, including collaborations with Christian McBride, Francesco Turrisi, and many others.
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Guitarist and composer Julian Lage returns to the Big Ears Festival. He talks with Todd Steed about his affinity for Knoxville, his latest recording and how he changed things up for his upcoming tour.
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Melony Dodson talks with guest conductor, Vinay Parameswaran and cellist, Tommy Mesa. Maestro Parameswaran will lead the KSO in its March Masterworks concert, which will feature Mesa as soloist. He will perform Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations and Silent Woods by Dvorak.
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Melony Dodson talks with guest conductor, Michelle Di Russo, who leads the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, in a program with an "Italian" theme. Featured on the program will be KSO cellists, Sarah Senn and Adam Ayers, who will perform Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos.
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Melony Dodson talks with conductor, Brian Salesky, about French Grand Opera and the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble's upcoming performance, "French Opera Jewels."
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Melony Dodson talks with Knoxville Choral Society music director, John Orr. Members of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will join the chorus in its performance of Christopher Tin's The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
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Melony Dodson talks with Maestro Aram Demirjian and composer, Sarah Gibson, about the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's upcoming Masterworks concert. The KSO will perform the TN premiere of Gibson's composition to make this mountain taller.
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Melony Dodson talks with Maestro Regulo Stabilito about the Oak Ridge Symphony's performance of "Bach & Friends" featuring music for brass, percussion, and organ.
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Melony Dodson talks with conductor, Joseph Mechavich and baritone, Malcolm MacKenzie about Knoxville Opera's upcoming production of Verdi's La Traviata. MacKenzie will perform the role of Giorgio Germont
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Melony Dodson talks with Maestros Aram Demirjian and James Fellenbaum about the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's January Masterworks Concert, which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the KSO Youth Orchestra.