{"id":5927,"date":"2011-04-12T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=5927"},"modified":"2011-04-11T23:37:57","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T04:37:57","slug":"apsu-choir-and-chamber-singers-examine-the-seasons-during-april-25th-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2011\/04\/12\/apsu-choir-and-chamber-singers-examine-the-seasons-during-april-25th-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU Choir and Chamber Singers Examine “The Seasons” During April 25th Concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TheClarksville, TN<\/strong> – The Austin Peay State University Choir and the APSU Chamber Singers are distilling an entire year into its most basic, visceral elements later this month with their final concert of the semester, \u201cThe Seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

The performance, which begins at 7:30pm on April 25th in the APSU Music\/Mass Communication Building, will feature noted composers\u2019 musical interpretations of the four different seasons, with works being sung in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, Spanish and German.<\/p>\n

The concert will open with American Composer Joshua Shank\u2019s \u201cAutumn\u201d \u2013 a piece of music meant to soothe our pains and fears. That work then leads into a set of winter-themed pieces by Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar and Jean-Baptiste Lully.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe set for winter is pretty dramatic music,\u201d Korre Foster, director of choral activities at APSU, said. \u201cThe Debussy is difficult with its moving passages and harmonies. \u2018The Snow\u2019 by Elgar incorporates two violins with the women\u2019s voices, so he brings out all the drama of string playing, along with the female voice, to show the drama of winter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lully\u2019s \u201cFreezing Chorus\u201d is actually an opera chorus, and it requires the men to sing every quarter note as an eighth note in order to mimic the season\u2019s cold temperatures.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes the gentlemen seem that they are actually shivering while they sing,\u201d Foster said. \u201cThere\u2019s just built in drama to the music, especially the winter.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program turns somewhat lighter for the next set, which includes pieces by composers William Hawley, Chen Yi and Camille Saint-Saens.<\/p>\n

\u201cHawley\u2019s \u2018Io son la primavera\u2019 and Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019 \u2018Les fleurs\u2019 are in Italian and French, and they show the development of spring,\u201d Foster said. \u201cYou can almost see flowers popping up and slowly blooming, the way the compositions are written.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concert will end with summer-themed works by composers Jan Sandstr\u00f6m, Morten Lauridsen and Ro Ogura. The first two pieces of that set \u2013 \u2018Es ist ein\u2019 and \u2018La rose compl\u00e8te\u2019 \u2013 will also feature dance performances by members of the APSU dance department. Then, the choir will take up Ogura\u2019s \u201cHotaru Koi.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat piece is in Japanese, and it\u2019s a fun piece for summer because it\u2019s about fireflies,\u201d Foster said. \u201cThe way it\u2019s composed, you can literally hear the fireflies bouncing around your head.\u201d<\/p>\n

The concert, which is free and open to the public, will also include two APSU graduate students as guest conductors. For more information on \u201cThe Seasons\u201d performance, contact the APSU Department of Music at 931-221-7818.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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