So one of the songs that I wanted to play during my senior year is Gathering Storms. Gathering Storms was composed by Robert Kerr. It is a beautiful song, and a lot of anger brings the piece to make it a story. I actually was suppose to play it senior year, but due to the pandemic I couldn’t. 10/10!!!!
Please listen to Gathering Storms while reading About the Music.
About the Music:
This is the second movement of the symphony in four movements entitled American Serenade. Each movement of this work has a descriptive title that paints a broad picture of America from a historical perspective, allowing the listener to focus on specific images from our past. The four movements are:
I. Old to the Plains and Wild Horses Running
II. Gathering Storms
III. Elegy for Fallen Heroes
IV. A Nation Rising
Gathering Storms is drawn from images of turmoil and human struggle, depicting the Man vs. Man battles during the formation of our United States. America has a short, but tumultuous and often bloody history, particularly when it comes to both the battles fought and the treatment of the Native Americans. The stoic pride and the bravery of these noble people, who fought to survive the insurgence of a more advanced and technically superior culture, is the image that I wanted to depict in this movement.