Thursday, November 06, 2008

Barack Obama Narrating Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the Chicago Symphony in 2005

A combination of a busy teaching schedule, too many committee meetings, and a late night watching the US election results have meant that this is the first time I've had in several days to post. And what a find I came across, via Deceptively Simple: a rare 2005 minute-long excerpt of President-elect Barack Obama (who at the time was a US Senator) narrating Copland's Lincoln Portrait with the Chicago Symphony on September 11, 2005.

1 comment:

  1. omg, a political leader involved with music and culture! harper tickling the ivories simply pales in comparison...let's hope the president-elect doesn't follow harper's atrocious example of decimating arts funding here in canada.

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