Something history tends to forget is Lincoln's overall election record was pretty low. He lost six times. His first unsuccessful election was an attempt to make it to the Illinois General Assembly. At an early speech in the campaign a man from another campaign caused trouble, which led to Lincoln picking up the agitator by the seat of his pants and literally throwing him out of the gathering....
... in the eye for all that. Look at this for some disparate reactions from around the world. And why Lincoln? Because I was amazed to see the only footage apparently taken of Senator Obama, as he then was, participating in Copland's LincolnPortrait with that admirable conductor William Eddins and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra back in 2005. The one-minute clip isn't of a high...
The fact that Congress chose Miami as one of 11 cities to host events celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth says a lot about how far the Big Orange has come. And to its credit, the city didn't half-step when organizing this Sunday's culminating event, A Linco...
... the orchestra created a sense of occasion by inviting Marilyn Horne as the reader in Copland’s “LincolnPortrait,” the opening work on the program. Horne grew up in Long Beach (her family moved from Pennsylvania when she was 11) and in brief remarks to the audience the acclaimed mezzo-soprano mentioned her fondness for the dodgy old Pike amusement park. LincolnPortrait”...
... executed, that gorgeous English Horn solo effortlessly weaving sonically through Verizon Hall. LincolnPortrait brought out Alec Baldwin, who, with some cuing from Maestro Dutoit, narrated the words of Abraham Lincoln, his voice a seemingly perfect match with the Orchestra's rich timbre. When the piece concluded, he so poignantly reminded patrons that evening how fortunate...
... this January bring soulful pop standards and jazz classics to the stage, while Aaron Copland's LincolnPortrait presents a narrated history lesson about the 16th president against a soundtrack of Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 . So if you're planning to be in Jacksonville, take a look at the schedule and reserve a couple of tickets for a performance. Add dinner and cocktails, and you've...
... of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon with a performance of Aaron Copland's "LincolnPortrait," a moving tribute to the nation's 16th president, with the text read by the man who would become the nation's 44th."I think he thinks of it (Chicago) as his hometown, I don't think he thinks of Hawaii that way," said Deborah Rutter, president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra...
