Ended Thursday and welcomed Friday with Ebony Concerto / Symphony In Three Movements by Stravinsky, Woody Herman And His Orchestra, Sir Eugene Goossens, The London Symphony Orchestra, released on Everest in 1958.

Ebony Concerto is a musical composition by Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by jazz musician Woody Herman and completed on December 1, 1945. It is one in a series of compositions requested by Herman for solo clarinetist and jazz ensemble and the score is dedicated to Herman. The composition was first performed on March 25, 1946, in Carnegie Hall in New York City, by Woody Herman's Band, conducted by Walter Hendl. - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebony_Concerto_(Stravinsky)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD5p9ebsgOw&list=RDaD5p9ebsgOw&start_radio=1

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Fwiw, my thoughts on the recent US election and on the meaning of Remembrance Day going forward. #Peace

Keepin’ It Classy…Composition #52/52: Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copland (+) the Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #72/250: Hymn For The Fallen by John Williams from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Saving Private Ryan https://tommacinneswriter.com/2024/11/15/keepin-it-classycomposition-52-52-fanfare-for-the-common-man-by-aaron-copland-the-stars-of-stage-and-screensong-72-250-hymn-for-the-fallen-by-john-williams-from-the/ #AaronCopland, #EugeneGoossens, #JohnWilliams, #KeepinItClassy, #RemembranceDay, #SavingPrivateRyan, #StarsOfStageAndScreen

Keepin’ It Classy…Composition #52/52: Fanfare For The Common Man by Aaron Copland (+) the Stars of Stage and Screen…Song #72/250: Hymn For The Fallen by John Williams from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack of the Film Saving Private Ryan

This past week I attended a Remembrance Day service in the town next to where I live. It was a well attended ceremony with several hundred in attendance. The service was suitably solemn. Heads were…

Tom MacInnes, Writer