The Gateways Music Festival in Rochester, New York, celebrates the participation and contributions of classically-trained musicians of African descent. On Tuesday's Performance Today, hear an in-concert recording from the 2017 festival: "An American Port of Call" by Adolphus Hailstork, performed by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade for Winds in C minor K. 388: Movement 3
Allan Vogel, oboe; Kimaree Gilad, oboe; Anthony McGill, clarinet; Carey Bell, clarinet; Dennis Godburn, bassoon
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Music@Menlo
Auguste Franchomme: Nocturne for two cellos, Op. 14, No.1
Louise Dubin, cello; Julia Bruskin, cello
The Franchomme Project, John Street Church, New York, NY
Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 61 in D major, Hob. XVI:51
Andras Schiff, piano
Schwetzingen Festival, Rococo Theatre, Schwetzingen, Germany
Richard Danielpour: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, "From the Mountaintop"
Anthony McGill, clarinet; Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY
Hour 2
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Ma, Thile, Meyer): Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721
Yo-Yo Ma, cello; Chris Thile, guitar
Bach Trios
Nonesuch 5589332
Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; William Christie, conductor
Prague Spring International Music Festival, Dvorak Hall, Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Robert Bariller: Rapsodie Bretonne
Jonathan Wintringham, saxophone; Michael Djupstrom, piano
Performance Today Young Artist in Residence, Maud Moon Weyerhaeuser Studio, St. Paul, MN
Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call
Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Michael Morgan, conductor
Gateways Music Festival, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY
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