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February 20, 2012

President's Day

Today on PT, special music in honor of a few of our 44 Commanders-in-Chief. Leonard Bernstein wrote a fanfare in honor of the Inauguration of JFK in 1961. John Knowles Paine wrote a Solemn March for Abraham Lincoln's funeral. Plus, we'll hear music by the man who can arguably be called the country's Composer-in-Chief, Aaron Copland.

Today's Playlist

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hour 1

  • Walter Kittredge
    Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
    Jacqueline Schwab, piano
  • James Sanderson
    Hail to the Chief
    The Manchester Cornet Band
  • Michael Torke
    Purple
    The French National Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor
    Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, France
  • Francis Hopkinson
    Washington's March
    The United States Marine Band
  • George Frideric Handel
    Air and Variations from Harpsichord Suite No. 5 (the Harmonious Blacksmith)
    Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano
  • 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
  • Felix Mendelssohn
    Finale from Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor
    Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano, Alexander Schneider, violin, Pablo Casals, cello
    The White House, Washington, D.C.
  • Igancy Jan Paderewski
    Nocturne in B flat, Op. 16, No. 4
    Eduard Kunz, piano
    International Chopin Piano Festival, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland
  • Aaron Copland
    Scenes from Billy the Kid
    The United States Marine Band, Maj. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
    Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia

hour 2

  • Carl Maria von Weber
    Leise, Leise, fromme Weise, from Der Freischutz
    Sabine Meyer, clarinet, the Opera Orchestra of Zurich, Franz Welser-Most, conductor
  • Michael Nyman
    First movement from String Quartet No. 2
    The Catalyst Quartet
    Beaches Fine Arts Series, Jacksonville Beach, Florida
  • John Adams
    The Chairman Dances, from Nixon in China
    The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Kristjan Jarvi, conductor
    Concert Hall, Perth, Australia
  • Aaron Copland
    Finale from Symphony No. 3
    The Dallas Wind Symphony, Jerry Junkin, conductor
    Meyerson Symphony Center, Dallas
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Fanfare I (for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy)
    The United States Marine Band, Maj. Jason K. Fettig, conductor
    Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Selections from West Side Story
    The Knights, Eric Jacobsen, conductor
    Stillwater Music Festival, Stillwater, Minnesota
  • Leonard Bernstein
    Waltz from Divertimento
    The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
    Barbican Hall, London, England
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