Today on PT, special music in honor of a few of our Commanders-in-Chief. We'll hear a performance of Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" by the U.S. Marine Corps Band (also known as the President's Own). And Essential Voices USA performs a song cycle that incorporates words by George Washington, Woodrow Wilson, and our 44th and current president, Barack Obama.
Episode Playlist
Hour 1
Morton Gould: American Salute
The Boston Pops, John Williams, conductor
Michael Gilbertson: Washington Round
Essential Voices USA, Judith Clurman, director
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
Andrew Lippa: I Believe in Democracy
Essential Voices USA, Judith Clurman, director
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
Georgia Stitt: With Hope and Virtue
Essential Voices USA, Judith Clurman, director
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City
George Gershwin: Prelude No. 2, from Three Preludes
Frank Gabriel Campos, trumpet, Nicholas Walker, bass
Hockett Hall, Ithaca, New York
Mark O'Connor: Song of the Liberty Bell
Mark O'Connor's String Orchestra, Jeffrey Grogan, conductor
John Philip Sousa: The Liberty Bell March
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
John Williams: The American Process
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, John Williams, conductor
Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait
The United States Marine Band, Brian Stokes Mitchell, narrator, Col. Michael J. Colburn, conductor
NPR Studio 4A, Washington, D.C.
John Knowles Paine: Solemn March (In Memory of President Abraham Lincoln)
The United States Marine Band, Col. Timothy W. Foley, conductor
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, Maryland
Hour 2
Traditional American: Shenandoah
The Modern Mandolin Quartet
John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
John Philip Sousa: Presidential Polonaise
The Dallas Wind Symphony, Kevin Sedatole, conductor
Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
Aaron Copland: Symphony No. 3
The Nashville Symphony, Kelly Corcoran, conductor
Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville
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