Callie Shell/Aurora for Time Magazine
The land was ours before we were the land's.
She was our land more than a hundred years
Before we were her people.
Robert Frost, "The Gift Outright"
I was so relieved when they segued into Appalachian Spring because the beginning was beautiful but almost painfully sad.
John Williams, composer/arranger
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Yo-Yo Ma, Cello
Gabriela Montero, Piano
Anthony McGill, Clarinet
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A magical day all around. One I will not soon forget!
I agree--both on the beauty of all those people together and on the strangely downbeat feeling of the song.
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