BAMSO presents: This We’ll Defend!
A tribute to the history of the US Army in the historic 250th year of America's life as a nation.
Many have served in the Army and the Army Air Corps, including Irving Berlin, Samuel Barber, composers.....as well as President George Washington, President Dwight David Eisenhower, Superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps Ditta Kinney, Command Sergeant Major Mildred Kelly and so many others. This concert is offered in solemn memory of those who perished defending the United States while serving in the military and in acknowledgement of the vast and specific tasks charged to the Army.
Michael Chertock, Artistic Director
Featuring Carmon DeLeone, Narrator and Grace Kim, Violinist
Program
Key: Star Spangled Banner
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin (Menuet and Rigaudon)
Copland: A Lincoln Portrait
Carmon DeLeone, Narrator
Barber: Violin Concerto Op. 14 (Allegro)
Butterfield: Taps
Sousa: US Field Artillery March
Anka: The Longest Day
Raye & Prince: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Event Links
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