Gateways Radio

Saturdays @ 9pm

The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is an ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and exquisite performances, celebrating the Gateways Music Festival's mission of connecting and supporting classical musicians of African descent and serving as a source of inspiration, enlightenment and engagement for communities -- especially communities underrepresented in classical music.

4/18

Claude Debussy: Arabesque No. 1

Branford Marsalis, saxophone; English Chamber Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor

Michael Abels: Dance for Martin's Dream

Gateways Orchestra

Michael Morgan, conductor

David Baker: Saxophone Concerto

Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Paul Freeman, conductor

Thomas Walsh, saxophone

James Lee III: A Narrow Pathway Traveled

Judy Dines, flute; Terrance Patterson, clarinet; Kelly Hall Thompkins, violin; Kenneth Law, cello; David Berry, piano

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Worship

Gateways Orchestra

Michael Morgan, conductor

 

4/25

Catalyst Quartet

Armenta Hummings Dumisani, piano

Thapelo Masita, cello

Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring

Jessie Montgomery: Banner

Howard Swanson: The Cuckoo

Traditional: There is a Balm in Gilead

Johann Sebastian Bach: Cello Suite No. 1

Traditional: When Asked Wherein My Hope Lies

Traditional: Amazing Grace

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Lamentations - IV.

 

5/2

Gateways Orchestra

Michael Morgan, conductor

American Spiritual Ensemble

Dr. Everett McCorvey, conductor

Alex Laing, clarinet; David Berry, piano; Mikael Darmanie, piano; Celesta Day, soprano

Traditional: Give Me Jesus

Carlos Simon: Amen

Traditional: Spirituals

Trevor Weston: Eurythmy Variations

Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call