Leonard Bernstein conducts the National Symphony (Washington, D.C.) in a concert celebrating Aaron Copland's 80th birthday (1980) featuring Copland's "Lincoln Portrait", with Copland as the narrator.

Happy President's Day 2017

February 20, 2017

As you celebrate and reflect on this President's Day, we wish you peace. One of our favorite ways to celebrate is with Copland's Lincoln Portrait. The video above includes Leonard Bernstein conductng and Aaron Copland narrating with the National Symphony. Although this is awesome, our favorite recording is with Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony joined by James Earl Jones to narrate.

Copland, A.: Fanfare for the Common Man / Lincoln Portrait / Canticle of Freedom / Harris, R.: American Creed (Portraits of Freedom)

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Brass Band of Columbus

Compared to any other work in the Brass Band of Columbus repertoire, as much (or more) has been written about Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait. The digital age makes it easy to find fascinating examples, including https://www.nytimes.com/books/99/03/14/specials/copland-onlincoln.html and http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/enews/2009/march/insider.html .