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Term of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s splendid history of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, was brilliantly adapted to the screen in 2012 by playwright Tony Kushner and director Steven Spielberg. With Daniel Day-Lewis portraying the president, the film illuminates one of the most dramatic chapters in American history.

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John Williams | The People's House | Concert 2 | 2022-23 Season | Wenatchee Valley Symphony Term of Rivals, Doris Kearns Goodwin’s splendid history of Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, was brilliantly adapted to the screen in 2012 by playwright Tony Kus...

Saving Private Ryan is certainly one of Steven Spielberg’s most powerful films. The accumulative effect of his great photography and the splendid performances contained in the film combine to produce a jolting emotional impact, particularly in the closing moments of the movie.
Preparing the music for this portion of the film presented a particular challenge in that the music needed to be effectively reverent in tone while still being quiet and simple enough so as not to intrude on the private reflections of each viewer.
In writing the music, the fallen heroes shown in the film were constantly in my mind and it is to the memory of the real-life heroes portrayed so convincingly in the film that I have the privilege of dedicating this music.

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John Williams | Hymn to the Fallen | Concert 2 | 2022-23 Season | Wenatchee Valley Symphony Saving Private Ryan is certainly one of Steven Spielberg’s most powerful films. The accumulative effect of his great photography and the splendid performance...

One of Copland's most popular pieces, Lincoln Portrait was commissioned during the early years of the War by conductor Andre Kostelanetz for a program of three new works by American composers. Copland chose excerpts from Lincoln's own words for the narration. The score includes quotations of Springfield Mountain and Camptown Races. According to Copland, "I hoped to suggest something of the mysterious sense of fatality that surrounds Lincoln's personality. The challenge was to compose something simple, yet interesting enough to fit Lincoln." The piece has been performed on many significant occasions and with innumerable narrators, among them Carl Sandburg, William Warfield, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Copland himself. This performance is narrated by Marlon Browne.

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Aaron Copeland | Lincoln Portrait | Concert 2 | 2022-23 Season | Wenatchee Valley Symphony One of Copland's most popular pieces, Lincoln Portrait was commissioned during the early years of the War by conductor Andre Kostelanetz for a program of thr...

Special performance of a Salute to the Armed Forces from Concert 2 of the 2022-23 Season of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony orchestra as performed on November 12, 2022 at the Numerica Performing Arts Center.

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Armed Forces Salute | Songs of our Nation | Concert 2 | Wenatchee Valley Symphony | Nov 12, 2022 Special performance of a Salute to the Armed Forces from Concert 2 of the 2022-23 Season of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony orchestra as performed on November ...

Special performance of the National Anthem from Concert 2 of the 2022-23 Season of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony orchestra as performed on November 12, 2022 at the Numerica Performing Arts Center.

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National Anthem | Songs of our Nation | Concert 2 | Wenatchee Valley Symphony | November 12, 2022 Special performance of the National Anthem from Concert 2 of the 2022-23 Season of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony orchestra as performed on November 12, 2022 ...

Very few of us can claim to have first experienced Barber’s Adagio for Strings in its original form: as part of a string quartet. The American composer wrote his string Quartet Opus 11, in 1936 – and considered himself happy with the result. But he had one of the twentieth-century’s greatest conductors to thank for what became a new and far more profitable life for this relatively unknown piece. Arturo Toscanini spotted a hit when he heard its second movement, and urged Barber to arrange it for full string orchestra. The composer wisely took the advice on board – and, in 1938, Toscanini premiered the new work with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Millions of Americans were listening as it was broadcast on the radio, and Adagio for Strings quickly became a huge success.

The solemn, heart-wrenching sadness of the music has lent itself to a range of powerful uses beyond the concert hall. Adagio for Strings was played at the funeral of Albert Einstein, can be heard on all sorts of commercials and movie soundtracks, and has become a modern day hit among trance music pioneers, who have taken the hypnotic harmonies composed by Barber and used them to create very different, high-octane sounds. The composer also arranged a choral version of the work, the Agnus Dei, in 1967.

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Samual Barber | Adagio for Strings | Concert 2 | 2022-23 Season | Wenatchee Valley Symphony Very few of us can claim to have first experienced Barber’s Adagio for Strings in its original form: as part of a string quartet. The American composer wrote...

Join conductor and music director of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Nikolas Caoile, and special guest, Marlon Browne as they discuss Concert 2 "Songs of our Nation" and the pieces being performed by the Wenatchee Valley Symphony.

Works Include the following:

NATIONAL ANTHEM

HYMN TO THE FALLEN
John Williams

THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE
John Williams

LINCOLN PORTRAIT
Aaron Copland

ADAGIO FOR STRINGS
Samuel Barber

SYMPHONY NO. 2 ARMED FORCES SALUTE
Kevin Puts

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Nic's Notes | Songs of our Nation | Concert 2 | Wenatchee Valley Symphony | November 12, 2022 Join conductor and music director of the Wenatchee Valley Symphony, Nikolas Caoile, and special guest, Marlon Browne as they discuss Concert 2 "Songs of our ...

Postponed due to pandemic related mandates and rescheduled this season, Michael Daugherty's Fire and Blood for solo violin and orchestra is a 25-minute concerto inspired by Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals and Frida Kahlo's paintings done in Detroit.

It was commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during Michael Daugherty's time as composer in residence.

Conducted by Music Director Nikolas Caoile and performed by the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra with guest soloist, Caitlin Kelley on violin.

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Michael Daugherty | Fire and Blood | Concert 1 | 2022-23 Season | Wenatchee Valley Symphony Postponed due to pandemic related mandates and rescheduled this season, Michael Daugherty's Fire and Blood for solo violin and orchestra is a 25-minute conce...

Another piece from Concert 1 of 2022-23 for Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra!

Three-Cornered Hat by Manuel De Falla! Enjoy!

Manuel De Falla | Three-Cornered Hat | Concert 1 | 2022-23 Season | Wenatchee Valley Symphony Filled with the rhythms of Spanish dance, the Three-Cornered Hat by Spanish composer Manuel de Falla was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev (Ballet Russes) and...