Remembering JFK - 50th Anniversary Concert

Album by Christoph Eschenbach & Howard Mitchell

Remembering JFK – 50th Anniversary Concert is a live album by conductor and pianist Christoph Eschenbach, released in 2013. The recording documents a commemorative orchestral and chamber-music programme in a classical style, presenting solemn and reflective repertoire in the context of a memorial concert and illustrating Eschenbach's engagement with commemorative programming in his career.
First released: 3rd May 2011

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Fanfare no. 1 for the Inauguration of John F. Kennedy (orch. S. Ramin)
    0:44
  2. 2.
    Inaugural Concert Radio Commentary
    9:38
  3. 3.
    The Star Spangled Banner
    1:19
  4. 4.
    Remembering JFK, “An American Elegy”
    15:35
  5. 5.
    Inaugural Concert Radio Commentary
    2:03
  6. 6.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: I. Prologue
    4:12
  7. 7.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: II. Somewhere
    4:09
  8. 8.
    From Sea to Shining Sea
    7:34
  9. 9.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: III. Scherzo
    1:27
  10. 10.
    Inaugural Concert Radio Commentary
    2:50
  11. 11.
    The Testament of Freedom: The God Who Gave Us Life
    3:20
  12. 12.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: IV. Mambo
    2:18
  13. 13.
    Inaugural Concert Radio Commentary
    3:15
  14. 14.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: V. Cha‐cha
    0:57
  15. 15.
    Rhapsody in Blue
    15:38
  16. 16.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: VI. Meeting Scene
    0:47
  17. 17.
    Inaugural Concert Radio Commentary
    2:52
  18. 18.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: VII. Cool - VIII. Fugue
    4:00
  19. 19.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: IX. Rumble
    1:51
  20. 20.
    West Side Story: Symphonic Dances: X. Finale
    3:29
  21. 21.
    Piano Concerto in F Major: I. Allegro moderato - Cantabile - Poco meno scherzando
    15:09
  22. 22.
    Piano Concerto in F Major: II. Andante con moto
    15:40
  23. 23.
    Piano Concerto in F Major: III. Allegro con brio
    7:17