CSO chamber concert set for this Sunday

Next in its chamber series, Chattanooga Symphony & Opera will present Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in Chattanooga State Community College’s Humanities Theatre on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 3.

CSO Musical Director Kayoko Dan says Symphony No. 2 was one of Beethoven’s earlier works in which the composer “steps out of a ‘norm’ of established classical symphonic traditions.”

The concert will also include Respighi’s “Trittico Botticelliano” and Michael Ippolito’s “Smoke

Rings.” The CSO Chorus, directed by Darrin Hassevoort, will join the musicians for Ola Gjielo’s musical interpretation of

Walt Whitman’s poem, “Song of the Universal.”

“The performance will open with Respighi’s ‘Trittico Botticelliano,’ which depicts three paintings by Botticelli: ‘Spring,’ ‘Adoration of Magi’ and ‘The Birth of Venus,’” says Dan. “These works are colorful, descriptive and intricately orchestrated to portray each painting’s stories and moods.

“We will also feature two contemporary composers, Ola Gjielo and Michael Ippolito. Ippolito’s work is written for strings, and the sound and harmony shifts and morphs like the titular smoke rings. Gjeilo’s choral work is upbeat and exuberant.”

Ticketholders are invited to stay for a postconcert talk immediately following the performance.

Seating for the concert is general admission. Tickets are $28 and can be purchased by calling 423-267-8583 or online at chattanoogasymphony.org.

BRAD CANSLER PHOTOGRAPHY Kayoko Dan