Veterans Day Concert: A WWII Journey - 11/9/2024
Concerts On-Demand
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1h 28m
Full program information is available here: https://www.nws.edu/events-tickets/concerts/2024-2025/veterans-day-concert-a-wwii-journey/
Join conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and best-selling historian James Holland for a commemorative concert honoring veterans and the global sounds of resilience. From the beaches of Normandy and Iwo Jima to the skies of the Tuskegee Airmen, explore the global fight for democracy through music that commemorates and reflects. Soprano Emily Magee makes her NWS debut in the pensive and poignant Four Last Songs.
Images appearing throughout these concerts are courtesy of The National WWII Museum.
Additional media courtesy of the Library of Congress, Periscope Film, RIA Novosti, Alamy Stock Photo, Ghetto Fighters’ House Archives, Sovfoto / Universal Images Group, Imperial War Museums, and Scherl / Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.
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