{"id":17521,"date":"2014-03-21T14:00:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T19:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=17521"},"modified":"2014-03-21T01:43:58","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T06:43:58","slug":"gateway-chamber-orchestra-to-perform-historic-seconds-concert-at-apsu-on-march-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/03\/21\/gateway-chamber-orchestra-to-perform-historic-seconds-concert-at-apsu-on-march-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Gateway Chamber Orchestra to perform “Historic Seconds” concert at APSU on March 30th"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GatewayClarksville, TN<\/strong> – In the summer of 1802, Ludwig van Beethoven felt depressed. The famed German composer was going deaf, and, overcome by this reality, he isolated himself in the spa town of Heiligenstadt. He tried to distract himself by working on a new symphony, but by October, he still felt miserable.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle more and I would have put an end to my life \u2013 only art it was that withheld me,\u201d he wrote in a gloomy letter to his brothers. \u201cIt seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon me to produce, and so I endured this wretched existence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gateway Chamber Orchestra<\/p><\/div>\n

That letter, known as \u201cThe Heiligenstadt Testament,\u201d presents the picture of a man paralyzed by anguish, but as Beethoven wrote those lines, he was in the midst of creating one of his seminal works \u2013 his \u201cSecond Symphony.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has these dark emotions, and from that comes a type of music that had never existed before,\u201d Dr. Gregory Wolynec, conductor and musical director of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra (GCO), said. \u201cIt\u2019s a composer essentially representing subjective emotion through music.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 3:00pm on March 30th, the GCO will perform the emotional symphony during its \u201cHistoric Seconds\u201d concert at the Austin Peay State University Mabry Concert Hall. That concert will conclude the orchestra\u2019s 2013-2014 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year has been based around the campaign, get to know the GCO,\u201d Wolynec, said. \u201cWe started with a full orchestra, then we had a program of a string orchestra and a program of a wind orchestra, and now we\u2019re gong to be putting everybody back together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concert will follow the orchestra\u2019s now famous \u201cthree-legged stool\u201d approach to programming, with the performance featuring an established masterwork, an overlooked masterwork and a piece by a contemporary American composer.<\/p>\n

The evening will begin with American composer Henry Brant\u2019s tone-poem, \u201cOn the Nature of Things.\u201d Brant, fascinated by spatial music, decided to spread out the orchestra for this composition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re used to the orchestra being on stage,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cA portion of the orchestra will be on stage. The rest of the orchestra will be scattered in different groups around the hall. We\u2019re going to capitalize on the beautiful acoustics of the venue. It\u2019s a really beautiful work and very accessible. I think it\u2019s very moving, having these different sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

[320left]The GCO will then perform Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg\u2019s underperformed \u201cSecond Chamber Symphony.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe piece is lively and emotional,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cIt starts with a beautiful foreboding flute solo, and it takes us on a ride with its incredible, virtuosic writing. The piece is very colorful. He makes use of the different colors of the orchestra.\u201d<\/p>\n

The evening will conclude with the performance of Beethoven\u2019s \u201cSecond Symphony.\u201d The pierce incorporates much of the emotional content that was later used in his seminal work, the \u201cThird Symphony\u201d (Eroica).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has a lot of weight, and a wide range of emotion,\u201d Wolynec said. \u201cIt moves from very dark to uplifting. Of all his symphonies, it\u2019s one of my favorites.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information on the \u201cHistoric Seconds\u201d concert, the GCO 2013-14 season or to purchase tickets, visit the orchestra\u2019s website, www.gatewaychamberorchestra.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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