America the Beautiful for Orchestra

NYO-USA performs America the Beautiful, the final encore of the orchestra’s Carnegie Hall debut on July 22, 2014, under the direction of David Robertson. Watch additional highlights from this concert at: bit.ly/1nCz8oF
America the Beautiful's lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and the music was composed by Samuel A. Ward. This arrangement, by Philip Rothman, was commissioned by Carnegie Hall for the 2014 NYO-USA.
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Each summer, Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute brings together the brightest young musicians from across the country (ages 16-19) to form the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America (NYO-USA). In 2014, following a two-week training residency with leading professional orchestra musicians, these remarkable teenagers were joined by conductor David Robertson and violinist Gil Shaham for an eight-city coast-to-coast US tour. To learn more about NYO-USA, visit www.carnegiehal....
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Video
Director: Habib Azar
Associate Director: Jay Millard
Stage Manager: Carole Shure
Technical Director: James Sapione
Score Reader: Nicholas DeMaison
Cameras: Matt Bockelman, Hiram Becker, and Andrew Trost
Video Engineer: Steve Robinson
Audio
Courtesy of WQXR
Listen to the full broadcast archived on the WQXR website at www.wqxr.org/#!...
Music
"America the Beautiful"
Composed by Samuel A. Ward, with lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates
Arranged by Philip Rothman

[@yorktown99]

I love how the conductor starts up the orchestra, then turns to the audience and prompts THEM to start singing.

[@micelam]

These young people are so talented and sound awesome! Watching them brings back memories of my days as a young musician. I hope they continue playing throughout their lives! 🎶

[@chrisa.5866]

I really got chills

[@TheIceAsian]

Goosebumps 😍

[@marissabojiuc]

America the Beautiful - the most beautiful song in the world.

[@Anonymouss222]

You’re not wrong

[@emmaaxelson7821]

Wonderfully played, a delight to listen to

[@southwestguy223]

Listening on November 7, 2020. The music reflects the mood of the country right now

[@masonho5737]

esp after 1/6/21

[@codyshi4743]

This is good the band and the orchestra they play so good. It will be cooler with choir 😄

[@saxmanb777]

I played on that very stage in 1998.

[@mike_s_media]

How does this not have more likes and views! Amazing performance!!!

[@dafnetorres6518]

so GOOD MUSICIANS

[@donfeeney9716]

Gorgeous.

[@Michael2175454]

❤ this

[@williamderickjohnson3986]

As a Trombone 3 in another group playing this song, the 16ths on this song are not as straightforward as one might think. Good job brass here. I listened to this to get a feel for what it is supposed to sound like…

[@CowboysNo1Fan]

I can see this now, A Disney movie based off of this, called The Princess of America

[@TheACCars]

Wow nice American florin nicolae

[@Pablomcdubbin]

Who's here on July 4th!? (:

[@TheACCars]

Roxana something is going wrong there are American U.S.A. of New York City.

[@codyshi4743]

It would've been nice if there's a choir group.

[@ludwigvanbeethoven8793]

shamefully grabbing the audience to participate 😂