Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversay Concert

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Label
Ondine
Release Date
May 31, 2011
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      BERNSTEIN LIEBERSON GERSHWIN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      National Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Eschenbach, Mitchell, Dreyfuss, Barto, Wild
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 31, 2011
    • UPC
      761195119020
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ODE 1190-2D
    • LABEL
      Ondine
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy the National Symphony Orchestra presented a new work by Peter Lieberson called "Remembering JFK," an orchestral piece with movie star Richard Dreyfuss narrating excerpts from Kennedy's speeches. This CD includes that and previously unreleased pieces from Kennedy's 1961 Inaugural Concert. That concert includes Leonard Bernstein's "Fanfare for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy" and "Symphonic Dances from 'West Side Story.' " Also included is George Gershwin's "Concerto in F."