Episode 350: Gates

Standing at the beginning of epic journeys or perhaps at the end, there is often a gate. Gates can be closed and the implication is that you can’t enter. It takes some kind of pass, a key, a password, or a sign might get you through. But, when the gates are open the message is one of welcome. When we see a gate, all of that and more floods our minds and we realize that we’ve reached a place of decision.

Sunrise at Angel's Gate: Philip Sparke
  US Army Field Band, Colonel Finley R. Hamilton
Hell's Gate: David Maslanka
  University Of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Gregg Hanson
The Gateway City March: Karl King
  Washington Winds, Edward Petersen
Sanctuary: Frank Ticheli
  Showa Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon
The Great Gate of Kiev from Pictures at an Exhibition:
Modest Moussorgsky
  US Marine Band, Colonel Michael J. Colburn
The Portals from Scenes from "The Louvre”:
Norman Dello Joio
  University Of Calgary Wind Ensemble, Glen D. Price
Immigration And Building from American Journey:
​John Williams
  US Coast Guard Band, Captain Kenneth Megan