Copland, Lincoln Portrait

Soon after the United States was drawn into World War II, André Kostelanetz
approached three American composers with the suggestion of composing three
musical portraits of eminent Americans, to express the 'magnificent spirit
of our country.' The proposal resulted in Virgil Thomson's "The Mayor La
Guardia Waltzes', Jerome Kern's "Portrait for Orchestra of Mark Twain', and
Copland's "Lincoln Portrait". The score is dedicated to André Kostelanetz,
who conducted the first performance at a pension fund concert of the
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in Cincinnati on 14 May 1942. Our concert
featuring the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein was
recorded in London in 1976.

Composer:	Aaron Copland
Title:	Copland, Lincoln Portrait
Conductor:	Leonard Bernstein
Soloist:	William Warfield
Orchestra:	New York Philharmonic
Video Director:	Derek Bailey
Genre:	Concert
Length:	17 minutes
Cat.No.:	A05501069