The Walker in its own way is a set of variations as well. [crosstalk]. The concert featured conductor Anthony Parnther of the San Bernadino Symphony Orchestra and Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles; and Grammy Awardwinning pianist and composer Jon Batiste, who performed the world premiere of a commission for the orchestra. For the 12th consecutive season,Carnegie HallandWQXRproudly unite to presentCarnegie Hall Live,a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2022 | 7:30 PM The 120-member Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, whose distinguished players hail from the nation's foremost orchestras and conservatory faculties, is renowned for its bold sound, exciting interpretations and uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. Buy Tickets HEAR THE POSSIBILITIES $ Your generous gift makes world-class music at the DSO possible, fueling the community connections, life-changing education and captivating programming that impacts more than 500,000 people a year! There were two halves to the concert, obviously before and after intermission. Alex: Not since the start, but since 2001. This April, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, comprised entirely of classical musicians of African descent, presents events around NYC, culminating with its eagerly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut on April 24. 224. Copyright 2022 New York Public Radio. "The first time I played in an all-Black orchestra was at . We should also mention Kelly Hall Tompkins, if that's a familiar name to our WQXR listeners, there's a good reason for that. Alex Laing, the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, also serves on their board of directors. As you noticed, the audience responded in-hand to what they saw visual and it was just another extra element of all of these people on stage celebrating our heritage. Brahms: Haydn Variations George Walker: Sinfonia No. Also particularly looking at it from the context of American orchestras. We talked on Friday with Lee Koonce, the festival's president, and artistic director about exactly who it was, who started this whole Gateways thing, and what her vision has led to. All rights reserved. Yes. You have to make it true. Alex, thank you for stopping by. He was known for his warm spirit and as a visionary behind the Gateways Music Festival, an event celebrating classical musicians of African descent. Lee Koonce: Armenta Hummings Dumisani, I think the term force of nature was created for her. 3. That's a big step for us as well. Aug 3 2019. I'll share it with you now. Lauren Purcell Joiner, Christine Herskovits, Eileen Delahunty, and Max Fine. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. LEARN MORE Become a GFO Volunteer Help us serve the St. Louis community LEARN MORE Our Story It began on a barge in the Mississippi. This is really, I think what Gateways does for us, in addition to bringing us together to make a joyful noise, in addition to bringing together a community that is often geographically separate but spiritually connected, it allows for an intellectual exchange that is captivating to us and we're finding to others as well. share this message of hope and healing to inspire communities throughout the world and affirm our unity." For 27 years . John: I Can, the name of that piece. General Admission. This performance is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. Now, all the orchestra on its feet and with Maestro Parnther bow to this Carnegie audience this afternoon. People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. It can also serve as a beard or it can veil other, I think, less inclusive narratives. The Gateways Music Festival is opening up a vital future for classical music, and we are honored to be part of it." To learn more about Gateways Radio or locate stations that broadcast the series, go to GatewaysRadio.org. I can play jazz, but I can also play Beethoven.'" 3; Florence B. Prices Symphony No. Gateways musicians are rewriting that narrative." I think that's really a significant thing that's happening right now in real-time. Now we're so pleased to welcome to the Carnegie Hall microphones, Maestro Anthony Parnther. 3 Batiste: I Can (world premiere) Florence Price: Symphony No. The Gateways Music Festival is getting ready for its Carnegie Hall debut. We understand its importance, so that's really significant. It is his heart. We principally had one and a half days to piece this work together. The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. There was this outpouring of interest from all over the country. Female Speaker 2: Your tickets, please. This music we call classical likes to drape itself in narratives of universality and likes to position itself as being aracial and reflecting some universal culture. It is his voice. She is deeply grateful for the many . The performance was the first by an all-Black classical symphony orchestra in Carnegie Hall's history. She created Gateways. The orchestra comes together and you just dig into the music. I believe she's 84-85 years old. That's available to everyone. Also particularly looking at it from the context of American orchestras. In no time he charmed us with his wit and delighted us with his energetic performances. as the work's known the music of Johannes Brahms. We purposely did not do it in Rochester because we wanted this to be the world premiere. Jeff: Congratulations to you, Anthony Parnther, and to the Gateways Music Festival at an amazing week in New York in an amazing combination of this concert. We have made 400 complimentary tickets available, and you can reserve yours at the link below with promo code RACF50. Celebrating over two decades of music making, the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds has led a revolution and evolution of the wind quintet that inspires audiences of all ages and backgrounds. To many Black musicians, the Gateways Music Festival represents a welcome haven from the isolation many face in their working lives. You'll receive the most up-to-date information about our musicians, venues and performances delivered right to your email inbox. That type of dance and the music that accompanied it was so important that Florence Price actually gave that name, Juba, to the third movement of all of her symphonies. It was a historic concert when the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra performed in Carnegie Hall. Since its inception in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has cultivated diversity in the classical music scene. You'll find lots of stuff on the wqxr.org website that Kelly was involved with during her time with the APL. They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. If you're a fan of Barber's Adagio for strings, I urge you to check out George Walker's Lyric for strings. Listen Monday June 20 at 8 p.m. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra makes history as the first all-Black orchestra to feature at Carnegie Hall in the venue's 130-year-history, Harlem World Magazine reports. Also, sometimes I think we've used it to absolve ourselves as an art form from the issues of the day. Also at home playing classical music he has performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Rochester Philharmonic, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and the Colour of Music Festival Orchestra. For the first time, the Rochester based Gateways Music Festival orchestra got to perform at the famed concert hall in New York City Gateways was created nearly 30 years ago to support classical. 3 by George Walkerthe first African-American Pulitzer Prize for Music Laureate and whose centennial falls in 2022. This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on, Conductor Anthony Parnther goes on stage, to conduct the final work on this program, the Fantasia on. From August 6 through 11, 2019, 125 professional classical musicians of African descent are invited to Rochester, NY from across the . GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC.26 Gibbs Street, Box 58Rochester, NY 14604, [email protected](585) 274-1170. One of which is to support musicians of African descent who are isolated even in the ensembles in which they play as happens in other kinds of workplaces in the world, but also looking out at, as you said, the audience members who haven't found that Carnegie Hall is for them as well. Since its founding in 1993, Gateways chamber music groups have performed in locations throughout the host city on the Friday night of the Festival. Anthony: Lift Every Voice and Sing. Take care. That's a big step for us as well. She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. I just feel that as musicians, our first responsibility is to come together and create beauty. Exhausting, but exciting. Click on individual event for more information and to purchase tickets. Jon: First, I would love to thank everyone who made it possible for us to be here, the ancestors who are watching over us. 4/25/2022 12:00 AM. This concert features Johannes Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Florence Prices Symphony No. Bless the Michael Morgan. Because of limited seating capacity in the Rose Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. Not surprisingly, he will be the piano soloist in that piece. 3 PM Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage Read More Thursday. Alex: Well, I think as artists in this music that's called classical, we have always felt that Carnegie is a place for us, but what we think is important is we know that there are audience members that, until we grace this stage, did not know that Carnegie was a place for them. Anthony Parnther | Photo by Konstantin Golovchinsky. What's making the occasion even bigger is that they will be presenting a world premiere, a piece so new, the ink has barely dried on it. Today, 110 years later, another African American orchestra is making its first appearance on the stage of Carnegie Hall. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. A Gateways Orchestra concert in New York City's famed Carnegie Hall will highlight the 2022 Gateways Music Festival, in association with Eastman School of Music, according to plans announced today. Black Lives Matter. We're delighted to welcome to the Carnegie Hall microphones, Alex Laing, who is the principal clarinet of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and also with the Phoenix Symphony, and is an educator and a speaker around the country. Jones and Johns are current musicians in the Gateways Music Festival orchestra and its members recorded themselves at home for WQXR to put together for a virtual from-home performance. I think it's really interesting, Alex, that this idea that-- Representation, of course, is important, but this idea of the narrative of classical music is beyond race, is something universal. You have to make it true. Price, Corey Hunter, PhDGeneral admission. That was my first Gateways. In fact, the third movement is called Juba, which is a type of body percussion and dance that was widely found in musical traditions of enslaved Afro-Caribbean people. On today's show, join us as we remember the late great Paul Burgett, as well as a concert highlight from the Gateways Music Festival. What else is Gateways beyond this? Then we'll proceed into the piece, I Can. Hear both works performed by outstanding members of the acclaimed Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, conducted by longtime Marsalis collaborator Damien Sneed. Recent performances include Los Angeles; Washington D.C.; Toronto; Danbury, Connecticut; and an eight-concert Midwest tour. I wonder if in working with them now if any vision has occurred to you? Anthony: I'm from the South, and I'm from the Baptist Church tradition, and Lift every voice and sing is sacred to my community. They were led by James Reese Europe, and they were one of the finest Black music ensembles to perform in Carnegie Hall and one of the first at that time. Well, Jon Batiste had a little church meeting going when he was reading his poem before the premiere of ". degrees in piano performance from Juilliard. That's a narrative that can be true, but it doesn't just happen. and D.M.A. The African cloth comes out and no two people look exactly the same. Jeff: Absolutely. GUEST ARTISTS: MARIAN ANDERSON STRING QUARTET92ND STREET Y | 7:30 PM, GATEWAYS BRASS COLLECTIVETHE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART | 5:30 PM, GATEWAYS PIANO QUARTETTHE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM | 7:30 PM, GUEST ARTISTS: HARLEM CHAMBER PLAYERS STRING QUARTETSCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCHIN BLACK CULTURE | 7:30 PM. Anthony: I mean, it certainly felt like a religious experience on stage with him without a doubt. . 3 of Florence Price, performed by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra conducted by Anthony Parnther in the orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut and he first time that work has ever been performed at Carnegie Hall, written in the 1930s with help from the federal government, the WPA program at that time, Florence Price created this Symphony No. Gateways Music Festival was founded in 1993 by Armenta Adams Hummings Dumisani in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was part of the inaugural class of the Artist Propulsion Lab at WQXR. As you noticed, the audience responded in-hand to what they saw visual and it was just another extra element of all of these people on stage celebrating our heritage. THE COOPER UNIONThe Great Hall Foundation Building 7 East 7th Street New York, NY 10003 Gateways Brass Collective, Gateways String Quartet, the Marian Anderson String Quartet and special guest artists perform in a joint concert featuring old and new-to-some chamber music repertoire. All right. John: This program has an almost built-in encore, which is a work by James V. Cockerham Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. I think that them being together, there's something that happens to the air when they're all together because it is such an experience for them to be together and then to play great music at a high level, it's extraordinary. Media Contacts: Dolores Orman, Gateways Music Festival, 585-271-5185, [email protected] Jessica Kaufman, Eastman School of Music, 585-274-1057, [email protected] After a highly successful 2019 season, Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music, announced today it will become an annual event starting in the fall of 2020. The 120-member Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, whose distinguished players hail from the nations foremost orchestras and conservatory faculties, is renowned for its bold sound, exciting interpretations and uncompromising pursuit of artistic excellence. with high distinction from the Eastman School of Music and M.M. In Wynton Marsalis's re-imagining, A Fiddler's Tale, he takes Stravinsky's early jazz ingredients even further, melding jazz and classical idioms together with an updated narrative. We'll hear her Symphony No.3, one of more than 300 compositions of hers, symphonies, concerto, chamber music, and choral music, most of which were lost for decades. She had this great idea to provide a safe affirming space for classical musicians of African descent. We talked on Friday with Lee Koonce, the festival's president, and artistic director about exactly who it was, who started this whole Gateways thing, and what her vision has led to. Gateways Music Festival Orchestra Anthony Parnther, conductor Jon Batiste, piano and composer. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing together professionals from leading orchestras across the country to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. Celebrating classical musicians of African descent. Our satisfied clients include youth, high school, college, university and adult groups, including church and alumni tours. 3 James V. Cockerham: Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing together professionals from leading orchestras across the country to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. At least that's the case with her first, third, and fourth symphony. is a work for piano and orchestra called. Anthony studied music performance at Northwestern University and continued his musical studies at Yale University where he studied orchestral conducting with Lawrence Leighton Smith and Otto Werner Mueller. The two pieces are musical cousins and were actually intended to be so. We don't actually have a complete score for the second. Anthony has restored and performed orchestral works by Florence Price, Zenobia Powell Perry, Margaret Bonds, William Grant Still, Duke Ellington, and Samuel Coleridge Taylor. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. John: A terrific program today bookended by two sets of variations. General Admission. George Walker was the first Black composer to win a Pulitzer prize in music that was in 1996 for his piece, . 1 in E Minor); and the orchestras signature closing piece, Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing, by African American film and classical music composer James Cockerham. Because of limited seating capacity in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, we urge you to get your tickets as soon as possible. Since then, musicians have been eagerly performing this real treasure trove of music. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL, INC. 26 Gibbs Street, Box 58 Rochester, NY 14604. [email protected] (585) 274-1170. Thank you so much. The most recent Gateways Music Festival took place in April 2022 in both Rochester and New York City and featured seven days of performances, panel discussions, lectures, film showings and more before a live audience of nearly 7,000 and a live radio audience of more than 100,000. The Cleveland Orchestra. Can you distinguish for us the difference between the festival proper and the festival orchestra? Gateways Music Festival Overview 530 views 10 months ago The Gateways Music Festival 2022 will take place from April 18-24, culminating in the Gateways Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut,. GATEWAYS MUSIC FESTIVAL ORCHESTRAMichael Morgan, ConductorKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre60 Gibbs StreetSunday, August 1816, 201320154:00 p.m.Master of Ceremon. gateways music festival is changing the classical Music narrative "When Gateways musicians walk out on stage, a new line of inquiry - a new conversation - is opened with the audience before we even play a note because the backdrop of classical music is that this is a white art form. The Brahms is a set of variations that are primarily based on toying around with the melody, but Walker toys around with interval and rhythm in a very particular way with a much more sense of harmony. This is the intermission of this concert, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Alex: This music we call classical likes to drape itself in narratives of universality and likes to position itself as being aracial and reflecting some universal culture. That's available to everyone. Press Room. As long as we stick to that principle, I think that's the vision. Jeff: That composition is also being given its first hearing in Carnegie Hall in this performance. This April, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, comprised entirely of classical musicians of African descent, presents events around NYC, culminating with its eagerly anticipated Carnegie Hall debut on April 24. Pleasure to talk to you. It would come up. I think it is very much Jon. Last week I spoke to Carl Craig, who is one of the pioneers of the second wave of Detroit techno, who played here as part of Carnegie's Afrofuturism festival. In addition to this, the festival includes 27 performances this week, chamber music, lectures, a screening of a film, panel discussions. A very gala-feel to this event. Exactly. Leading the Hollywood Studio Symphony in recording sessions, he has conducted many international feature film and television projects including Star Wars: The Mandalorian, Tenet, Little, American Dad, The Hunt, Fargo, The Way Back, The Night Of, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Encanto, Star Wars: Book of Boba Fett, and Ice Age: Adventures of Buck Wild. Black musicians and composers across the nation are prepared for virtual events. In 2009, some people were renovating an abandoned house outside of Chicago, lo and behold, they discovered all of these manuscripts and it turned out that it was not all, but most of Florence Price's compositions. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, making their debut today, taking their place alongside the Clef Club Orchestra and a lot of other great African American musicians in the illustrious history of Carnegie Hall. The members of the Gateways Orchestra are heading back out on stage at Carnegie Hall. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra is a 125+ member ensemble of musicians of African descent under the leadership of conductor Anthony Parnther. Gateways Music Festival in association with Eastman School of Music announced on Dec 7th that Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at its eagerly anticipated performances at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre (April 20) and the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut (April 24).Known for his "charismatic, captivating conducting" (Los Angeles Times), Parnther takes the . They'll open the second half of the program with a big work by prolific American composer, Florence Price. Gateways Music Festival is thrilled to announce that renowned Hollywood and symphony orchestra conductor Anthony Parnther will lead the Gateways Orchestra for its concerts in Rochester, NY and New York City, including the Orchestra's Carnegie Hall debut! Carnegie Hall Presents Across the Stars: The Music of John Williams . Conductor Anthony Parnther led this orchestra, all musicians of African descent, and. I would love to see this orchestra record especially literature that has been under-recorded or not recorded at all by underrepresented composers. It takes active participation to do that. 230 were here. Jeff: The ensemble taking center stage is part of the Gateways music festival, a larger organization dedicated to providing a community and a performance hope for classical musicians of African descent. Alex, thank you for stopping by. That type of dance and the music that accompanied it was so important that Florence Price actually gave that name, Juba, to the third movement of all of her symphonies. Instead of a minuet or scherzo with trio you got a Juba. That's more than 20 years now. Jon: In the spirit of sharing a little of the backstory behind this piece, I want to share a poem that I wrote. Backstage at Carnegie Hall, I'm Jeff Spurgeon. I wrote this poem in the summer of 2020. Accuracy and availability may vary. All Rights Reserved. The Orchestra made its stunning Carnegie Hall debut on April 24, 2022 as the first all-Black orchestra to be presented by the . Jeff: How was putting that piece together because it was put together pretty much in New York, I think? People come to, I think, to concerts halls, not only to hear music but also to be affirmed culturally in their selves. a series of exciting broadcast concerts drawing upon some of the finest live performances from Carnegie Halls stages over the past eleven years. John: It was wonderful to see you turn and conduct the audience in that final piece as well. Kelly Hall Tompkins, the concertmaster giving the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra a chance to retune after that Brahms opening. Anthony: Exactly. World premiere, so a song and a kind of sweet for piano into orchestra all in one extraordinarily well-received performance here on the main stage at Carnegie Hall. It's our national anthem. Founded in 1993, the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra celebrates the contributions of classical musicians of African descent, bringing young professionals from across the country together with established musicians from leading orchestras to perform and inspire communities through the power of music. Gateways Radio features exceptional compositions and . It's intermission at the Carnegie Hall debut concert of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. It's thought to be an old Pilgrim chant known as, , but under any name, a virtuoso showpiece for the orchestra. This is going to be quite a wonderful world premiere and a big occasion. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Music Director The Gateway Festival Orchestra of St. Louis Home Music Director Darwin Aquino, Music Director Darwin Aquino joined the Gateway Festival Orchestra as Music Director in 2019. The Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, most of them at least are leaving the stage. I think we rose to the occasion. When Gateways musicians walk out on stage, a new line of inquiry a new conversation is opened with the audience before we even play a note because the backdrop of classical music is that this is a white art form. To come to a place where there are folks who've had a shared life experience, it's extraordinary for them. Michael Morgan, our late and beloved music director called Gateways family reunion with instruments and it feels just like that. Featuring Johannes Brahmss Variations on a Theme by Haydn in B-flat Major, Op. -on stage, certainly, but certainly I think this was the best possible opportunity to have my first outing with this great orchestra on this great occasion. Recent guest. It is his heart. Now, Batiste on his feet, really not moving away from the piano, receiving the applause from this audience and passing it on to all the members of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra, and a deep bow from everyone on the stage. Of course, the orchestra, a whole bunch of people on stage, makes a great sound, gets a lot of attention, makes a big statement. You'll find lots of stuff on the wqxr.org website that Kelly was involved with during her time with the APL. Although certainly, his most famous piece is the Lyric for Strings. Thank you, gentlemen. We're talking of the depression years in America, a work in four movements meant to evoke music from African American tradition. 56a; George Walkers Sinfonia No. Enjoy the show. Free, but tickets are required.. Alcohol served. The concert concludes with James V. Cockerhams Fantasia on Lift Every Voice and Sing, a rousing and epic musical journey from Africa to the new world which has become the signature piece of the Gateways Orchestra. Paul J. Burgett Lecture SeriesBlack Idioms in the Music of Florence B. Not heard in this place until just now by the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra. Before everyone dressed all in black, second half, everybody has a splash of color. PO Box . We'll hear the third of her symphonies this afternoon, which was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Music Project. Best known popularly in the world these days is the music director for. Now we're so pleased to welcome to the Carnegie Hall microphones, Maestro Anthony Parnther. Jeff: It's wonderful to have you here. I can play rap. Lee: It's this kind of dual mission. American conductor, Anthony Parnther, is the Music Director and Conductor of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra and the Southeast Symphony & Chorus in Los Angeles. [applause]. He . This place for musicians is key and essential and critical to the mission because most of our players work in environments where there are very, very, very few people, if any, who look like them. by James V. Cockerham in this initial performance of the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a performance you'll hear from Carnegie Hall Live. A drum kit as well will be called for in this next piece by Jon Batiste, who is a Perspectives artist here at Carnegie Hall, which means he gets to oversee a whole series of events during this 2021-22 season. Jeff: Oh, it was a wonderful variety of sounds as you say, and a really wonderful performance. Now, you, as a very busy conductor on sound stages in Hollywood, are accustomed to looking at a score and getting the musicians all organized and playing it. She was part of the inaugural class of the Artist Propulsion Lab at WQXR. It's this kind of dual mission. What does it mean to have you and your colleagues in this place at this time? Gateway Festival Orchestra BRINGING FREE CONCERTS TO THE ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1964 Announcing our 2023 season Save the dates. During the Gateways Music Festival, 125 professional classical musicians of African descent come from across the United States, Canada, Europe, the Caribbean and South America to Rochester,. This work that Jon Batiste is going to perform with the Gateways Music Festival Orchestra has that same kind of structure. ICS was also the ensemble in residence at the 2010 and 2013 Southampton Arts Festival in Long Island, New York. Bless the Michael Morgan. Jeff: -for Soul, the Pixar film, and has also just won five Grammys, including Record of the Year at the most recent Grammy Awards just a few weeks ago. The festival has just grown and grown and grown since 1993, from that vision. I wonder if in working with them now if any vision has occurred to you? We'll hear her Symphony No.3, one of more than 300 compositions of hers, symphonies, concerto, chamber music, and choral music, most of which were lost for decades. Yes. 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