Under the direction of music director and conductor Gregory Wolynec, the GCO is pleased to announce its exciting second subscription season for 2011-12. Innovative programming will pair familiar works by J.S. Bach and Schubert with delightful but rarely heard treasures by Haydn and Mozart and often overlooked craftsmen C.P.E. Bach and Martinu. The orchestra’s dedication to American music is reflected in four interesting and approachable works by leading composers Reich, Daugherty, Bolcom and Hoiby. In addition, the GCO’s “Chamber Symphonies” recording will be released in early 2012. Following the terrific success of 2010-11, this is a season you won’t want to miss!
Clarksville’s own Gateway Chamber Ensemble is now the Gateway Chamber Orchestra. The GCO has been hailed as “a top notch performing ensemble that now enters the big leagues” and for presenting “world class” and “flawless” performances. Under the direction of music director and conductor Gregory Wolynec, the GCO is pleased to announce its exciting second subscription season for 2011-12. Innovative programming will pair familiar works by J.S. Bach and Schubert with delightful but rarely heard treasures by Haydn and Mozart and often overlooked craftsmen C.P.E. Bach and Martinu. The orchestra’s dedication to American music is reflected in four interesting and approachable works by leading composers Reich, Daugherty, Bolcom and Hoiby. In addition, the GCO’s “Chamber Symphonies” recording will be released in early 2012. Following the terrific success of 2010-11, this is a season you won’t want to miss!
Season Ticket Prices
Individual tickets, as well as season tickets, will go on sale by mail beginning Aug. 29. Box office hours will be from 4-6 p.m. Sept. 19-23 and from 4 p.m. the day of each performance. All programs to be held in APSU’s acoustically superb Concert Hall located in the Music/Mass Communication Building at the corner of Eighth and Marion Streets in downtown Clarksville.
Individual tickets-
Adults- $15 Students/Military- $10 Family of Four (limit of two adults)- $30
Season Tickets-
Adults- $50
Students and Military- $30
Family of Four
(limit of two adults)- $110
*All season ticket holders are invited to the Gateway Chamber Orchestra Family Picnic
7:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 26
“Contrasting Lines”
Johann Sebastian Bach - Brandenburg Concertos No. 1 and 2 Steve Reich - Eight Lines
Carl Philip Emanuel Bach - Symphonies No. 1 and 3, Wq. 183
The 2011-12 season begins with a program featuring the first two of J.S. Bach’s milestone Brandenburg Concertos. Minimalist composer Steve Reich honors the spirit of the elder Bach, while Bach’s fifth child C.P.E. provides two charming symphonies from the dawn of the Classical period.
7:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 7
“Wind Serenades IV”
Charles Gounod - Petite Symphonie
Michael Daugherty - Ladder to the Moon
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenade in E flat, K. 375
The GCO continues their GRAMMYTM nominated approach to milestone wind works with masterpieces by Gounod and Mozart. Violinist Emily Hanna Crane is featured in Michael Daugherty’s tribute to the New York paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe.
7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 30
“Pastoral Soundscapes”
Bohuslav Martinu - Nonetto William Bolcom - Orphée-Sérénade Johannes Brahms - Serenade No. 1
Czech composer Martinu welcomes listeners to an enchanting evening of pastoral soundscapes. William Bolcom’s serenade puts a modern twist on the works of Mozart and early French masters. Brahms original version of his Bavarian inspired first serenade concludes the evening.
7:30 p.m., Monday, April 23
“Pocket-Sized Symphonies”
Franz Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 22 “The Philosopher” Lee Hoiby - Concerto for Flute
Franz Schubert - Symphony No. 5 in B flat
The GCO closes out the season with delightful early symphonies by Haydn and Schubert. Haydn’s unusually scored Symphony No. 22 “The Philosopher” and Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 provide the bookends for the world premier of American composer Lee Hoiby’s Concerto for Flute featuring flutist Lisa Vanarsdel.
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