Season Finale: Featuring pianist Denver Oldham, clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinist Er-Gene Kahng, the Gateways Orchestra led by Michael Morgan, and more.
Season Finale: Dett, Danielpour, Price, Cockerham
Playlist
R. Nathaniel Dett: Madrigal Divine
Denver Oldham, piano
Richard Danielpour: From the Mountaintop
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gateways Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Florence Price: Violin Concerto No. 2
Er-Gene Kahng, violin; Janáček Philharmonic: Ryan Cockerham, conductor
James Cockerham: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing
Gateways Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Coleman, Brahms, Still, Price
Featuring Imani Winds, the Gateways Orchestra led by conductor Anthony Parnther, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra led by Avlana Eisenberg.
Playlist
Valerie Coleman: Red Clay & Mississippi Delta
Imani Winds
Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Gateways Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, conductor
William Grant Still: Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron
Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Avlana Eisenberg, conductor
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
Gateways Orchestra: Anthony Parnther, conductor
Johnson, Childs, Bach, Elgar
Featuring the Videmus Ensemble, pianist Joseph Williams, the Akron Symphony Orchestra, and the Gateways Orchestra under the direction of Michael Morgan.
Playlist
John Rosamond Johnson (arr. William Grant Still): Voice
Videmus Ensemble
Billy Childs: The Distant Land
Akron Symphony Orchestra: Alan Balter, conductor
J.S. Bach: Capriccio
Joseph Williams, piano
Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Gateways Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Piazzolla, Bach, McKee, Ellington
Performances featuring Imani Winds, pianist Seth Blumer, the Gateways Brass Collective, and more.
Playlist
Astor Piazzolla (arr. Jeff Scott): Libertango
Imani Winds
J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 1
Seth Blumer, piano; Gateways Chamber Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Kevin McKee: Vuelta del Fuego
Gateways Brass Collective: Eric Davis, horn; Richard White, tuba; Isrea Butler, trombone; Herb Smith and Courtney Jones, trumpet
Duke Ellington: The River Suite
Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Neemi Jarvi, conductor
Bonds, Corea, Ellington, Price
Performances featuring the Harlem Quartet, the Dessoff Choir and Orchestra conducted by Malcolm J. Merriweather, and the Gateways Orchestra conducted by Michael Morgan.
Playlist
Margaret Bonds: Sing of the King Who Was Tall and Brown
Dessoff Choir and Orchestra: Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Chick Corea: String Quartet No. 1
Harlem Quartet
Duke Ellington: Take the A Train
Harlem Quartet
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
Gateways Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman, Sowande, Still
Performances featuring the Catalyst Quartet, organist Nathaniel Gumbs, the LSO under the baton of Chicago Sinfonietta founder Paul Freeman, and more.
Playlist
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: 5 Fantasiestücke for String Quartet, Op. 5: No. 2, Serenade
Catalyst Quartet
Valerie Coleman: Portraits of Josephine
Jacqueline Cordova Arrington, flute; Geoffrey Johnson, oboe Monica Ellis, bassoon; LeTriel White, clarinet; Priscilla Rinehart, horn
Fela Sowande: Jubilate, Go Down Moses
Nathaniel Gumbs, organ
William Grant Still: Sahdji
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Paul Freeman, conductor
Jones, Abels, Arnold, Schifrin, Ravel
Recordings featuring the Gateways Orchestra, the Harlem Quartet, Imani Winds, and conductor Michael Morgan.
Playlist
Quincy Jones: Nettie Teaches Celie
Studio Orchestra
Michael Abels: Delights and Dances
Gateways Orchestra; Harlem Quartet; Michael Morgan, conductor
Malcolm Arnold: Quintet for Brass
Gateways Brass Collective: Eric Davis, horn; Richard White, tuba; Isrea Butler, trombone; Herb Smith and Courtney Jones, trumpet
Lalo Schifrin: La Nouvelle Orleans
Imani Winds
Maurice Ravel: La Valse
Gateways Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Coleman, Smith, Dvořák, Rosales, Stravinsky
Performances featuring Imani Winds, violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins, and two quintets of percussionists.
Playlist
Valerie Coleman: Afro
Imani Winds
Fred Emory Smith: Suite No. 1
Ralph Barnett, Jimmie Finnie, Malcolm Jackson, Donn Johns, Terry McKinney,
percussion
Antonín Dvořák: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 and Strings, Op 22 (excerpts)
Gateways Chamber Ensemble; Antoine Clark, conductor
Eustacio Rosales: Bolero
Ralph Barrett, Douglas Cardwell, Eric Goldberg, Donnie Johns, Terry McKinney, percussion
Igor Stravinsky: A Soldier’s Tale
Gateways Chamber Ensemble: Kelly Hall-Tompkins, violin; Garrett McQueen,
bassoon; Terrance Patterson, clarinet; Herbert Smith, trumpet; Burt Mason,
trombone; Rick Robinson, double bass; Ralph Barrett, percussion
Simon, Weston, Hailstork
Performances featuring soprano Celesta Day, the American Spiritual Ensemble, clarinetist Alex Laing, and pianists David Berry and Mikael Darmanie.
Playlist
Traditional: Give Me Jesus
Celesta Day, soprano; American Spiritual Ensemble; Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor
Carlos Simon: Amen
Gateways Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Traditional: Spirituals
Alex Laing, clarinet; David Berry, piano
Trevor Weston: Eurythmy Variations
Mikael Darmanie, piano
Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Gateways Orchestra: Michael Morgan, conductor
Bach, Montgomery, Swanson, Perkinson
Artists featured include pianist Armenta Hummings Dumisani, the Catalyst Quartet, and cellist Thapelo Masita.
Playlist
J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Armenta Hummings Dumisani, piano
Jessie Montgomery: Banner
Catalyst Quartet
Howard Swanson: The Cuckoo
Armenta Hummings Dumisani, piano
Traditional: There is a Balm in Gilead
Thapelo Masita, cello
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, movements 1-2
Thapelo Masita, cello
Traditional: When Asked Wherein My Hope Lies
Thapelo Masita, cello
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, movements 3-4
Thapelo Masita, cello
Traditional: Amazing Grace
Thapelo Masita, cello
J.S. Bach: Cello Suite No. 1, movements 5-6
Thapelo Masita, cello
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lamentations, movement 4
Thapelo Masita, cello
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