The Gateway Chamber Orchestra presents the Masterworks Series: Brilliant Colors

The Gateway Chamber Orchestra (GCO) and Clarksville Now are pleased to present, The Masterworks Series, Brilliant Colors.

This concert features three beautiful and rarely heard works in which the composers employ color, in the form of orchestral sound. The GCO will be performing Franz Schreker’s Chamber Symphony, Ottorino Respighi’s Trittico Botticelliano and Aaron Copland’s Three Latin American Sketches.

The first Piece, Chamber Symphony of Franz Schreker, has interesting writing for orchestral instruments including percussion, harp, celesta and a type of organ. The second piece is by Respighi, a name many people associate with a massive orchestra and his brilliant tone-poems about Rome (Pines, of Rome, Fountains of Rome), but he wrote a number of beautiful works for smaller orchestra including this colorful piece based on three famous paintings by Botticelli. Finally, the third piece is by Aaron Copland, and the GCO has championed his works since their first season. The energetic Latin American sketches is rarely heard but is a wonderful piece by an iconic American composer.

The Masterworks Series: The Williamson Herald presents Brilliant Colors

Monday, November 13 – 7:30 p.m.

Franz Schreker – Chamber Symphony

Ottorino Respighi – Trittico Botticelliano

Aaron Copland – Three Latin American Sketches

GCO is delighted to revisit Schreker’s mesmerizing masterpiece for small orchestra, which they recorded on their Chamber Symphonies disc. Respighi’s colorful language paints a new take on Boticelli masterpieces. Copland’s raucous but rarely heard sketches will have us all dancing on the way to the door.

Join us at the Franklin Theatre – 419 Main Street, Franklin, TN 37264