Salute to Apollo: The Kennedy Legacy

• Jul 18, 2009 at 8:00 PM
• Concert Hall
• 60 minutes

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About the Program

NASA  Celebrates Apollo 40th Anniversary

The National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Emil de Cou, and a stellar lineup of performers join NASA in presenting a free concert, Salute to Apollo: The Kennedy Legacy.  Join Denyce Graves, Chaka Khan, Jamia Nash, narrators Buzz Aldrin and Scott Altman, and the U.S. Army Chorus and Alumni for an exhilarating musical tribute to the historic Apollo program. 
Performance Timing:  1 hour 

UPDATED 7/18 AT 10:45 a.m:   ALL TICKETS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED FOR THIS EVENT.

This is a FREE event and tickets are required.    An extremely limited number of tickets will be
available for distribution, two per person, on a first-come, first-served basis on Saturday, July 18th  
from 10 a.m. to Noon (or until all tickets have been distributed) in the Hall of Nations.
Program:

STRAUSS - Fanfare from 2001: A Space Odyssey
HOLST - "Mars" and "Jupiter" from The Planets, Op. 32
WILLIAMS - Theme from Lost in Space
VARIOUS - Themes from Star Trek
WILLIAMS - Main Theme from Star Wars
WILLIAMS - Flying Theme from E.T., The Extra-Terrestrial
CLARK - "Talk About Love"
DVORÁK - "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka
CLARK - "Way Up There"
TRADITIONAL - America the Beautiful
	(arr. Dragon)

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