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Carnegie Hall Live presents the Gateways Music Festival Orchestral debut in July (7/19 @ 8p)

Classical 91.5 WXXO-FM

Published June 27, 2022 at 2:36 PM EDT

Composer & pianist Jon Batiste, in a suit of gold sequins, sits at the grand piano on the stage of Carnegie Hall in front of the Gateways Music Festival orchestra — Jon Batiste performs in the Gateways Music Festival debut at Carnegie Hall, April 24, 2022

On April 24, 2022, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra made their Carnegie Hall debut. Now we get to hear this breathtaking performance, which included a world premiere by Jon Batiste.

7/5 Mozart: String Quartet Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 R. Schumann: String Quartet (Quatuor Ébène)

7/12 John Williams: Sound the Bells! Violin Concerto No. 2, Flight to Neverland from Hook, Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Donnybrook Fair from Far & Away, Theme from Cinderella Liberty, Hedwig’s Theme from Harry Potter, Throne Room and Finale from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (Anne-Sophie Mutter, v; The Philadelphia Orchestra; John Williams, cond)

7/19 Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn George Walker: Sinfonia No. 3 Jon Batiste: I Can (World Premiere) Price: Symphony No. 3 James V. Cockerham: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing (Jon Batiste, p; Gateways Music Festival Orchestra; Anthony Parnther, cond) NOTE: This is the GMF Carnegie Hall Debut concert from April 24, 2022!!

7/26 Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 4 Shostakovich: Cello Sonata Bridge: Cello Sonata Britten: Cello Sonata (Sheku Kanneh-Mason, c; Isata Kanneh-Mason, p)