If you go
› What: Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Pops Series concert “Play Ball.”› When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9.› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› Admission: $21-$83.› Phone: 423-267-8583.› Website: chattanoogasymphony.org/event/play-ball/
Atlanta organist Ken Double will lead the crowd in stadium cheers, fight songs and a seventh-inning stretch sing-along during the Chattanooga Symphony & Opera’s Pops series concert “Play Ball.”
Music director emeritus and principal Pops conductor Robert Bernhardt will coach the CSO musicians through “Play Ball.”To some people, the overlap between the musical and athletic worlds begins and ends with a canned rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at the ballpark or the theme music to “Monday Night Football.” But those represent the tiniest fraction of a much broader sports-music repertoire.
The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera hopes to shine a light on the wealth of sports-inspired compositions Saturday, April 9, via “Play Ball,” a Pops Series concert featuring selections blending the worlds of the concert hall and the athletic field.
“I think that the more people think about it, there is an enormous amount of music that they hear while they’re at stadiums,” says Bob Bernhardt, CSO music director emeritus and principal Pops conductor.
Saturday’s program will be presented in two halves. The first will feature a range of selections drawn from several athletic disciplines.