{"id":16509,"date":"2021-11-04T13:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T19:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/?p=16509"},"modified":"2022-01-11T14:55:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:55:45","slug":"symphony-orchestra-performs-first-concert-of-the-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelink.harding.edu\/the-bison\/2021\/11\/04\/symphony-orchestra-performs-first-concert-of-the-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Symphony orchestra performs first concert of the semester"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Written by Sara McClaren<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harding\u2019s symphony orchestra and wind ensemble performed for the first time this semester on Oct. 25 and Oct. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese guys are coming off of around 18 months of not really having a normal concert,\u201d director of the orchestra and wind ensemble Eric Colgrove said. \u201cSo we\u2019re all really excited to get to sit down and perform live music again for people, and we\u2019re hoping that we\u2019ll get to continue doing that throughout the rest of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harding usually does not have a wind ensemble in the fall, so the ensemble is only able to rehearse one hour a week. Sophomore Eli Smith said they had only seven hours together to prepare for the concert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little stressful, but at the same time it has been a lot of fun getting to put it all together,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The symphony orchestra had significantly more time. According to freshman Abigail Kerr, they meet at least twice a week. The orchestra concert included a performance by Harding\u2019s string quartet led by adjunct Alicia Walls; six movements from a suite by Leo\u0161 Jan\u00e1\u010dek; and a piece by a Spanish composer Jose Padilla called \u201cEl Relicario.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI love the music we play,\u201d Kerr said. \u201cIt\u2019s always beautiful, and then I like the challenge of having something to work for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colgrove said the music chosen for the wind ensemble concert was supposed to loosely represent the major milestone of the 20-year anniversary of Sept. 11. The first song, a piece called \u201cLiberty Fanfare,\u201d was written to commemorate the 110th birthday of the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThen we move into a piece called \u2018A Hymn for the Lost and the Living\u2019 by Eric Ewazen \u2014 just meant to represent kind of the human loss and the change in society that happened directly after Sept. 11,\u201d Colgrove said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ensemble also performed \u201cChorale and Alleluia\u201d by Howard Hanson and \u201cRide\u201d by Samuel Hazzo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t want to be too much on the nose with this one, so it\u2019s just our fall concert, but the pieces were all loosely based around what I thought would fit around \u2018A Hymn for the Lost and the Living\u2019 \u2014 what pieces I thought would relate well to that,\u201d Colgrove said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The history and composition of the songs impacted members of the ensemble like Smith just as much as the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI just see a lot of emotion in not only the pieces, but like as we\u2019ve played them \u2026 it\u2019s taken me into a deeper appreciation for how we\u2019ve come out of that,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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