Lincoln Portrait - Famous Narrators

Famous Narrators

Famous narrators of Lincoln Portrait have included:

• Neil Armstrong, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conducted by Erich Kunzel, both times at Riverbend Music Center (1984 and 2009)
• Marian Anderson, Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and Aaron Copland, both times at Saratoga Springs (1966 and 1977)
• Alec Baldwin, Philadelphia Orchestra 2009
• Richard Butler (Governor of Tasmania), Sydney Symphony
• Bill Clinton with the Arkansas Symphony, conducted by David Itkin. March 2003; recorded March 2003.
• Aaron Copland, National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Bernstein. 14 November, 1980 - 80th Birthday concert
• Walter Cronkite, U.S. Air Force Symphony Orchestra
• Clifton Davis, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fabio Mechetti, at Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts Florida, USA, 2009
• Richard DeVos, Grand Rapids Symphony, conducted by David Lockington. 2000.
• Melvyn Douglas, Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Serge Koussevitzky. Recorded by RCA 7 February, 1946.
• Frankie Faison, Montclair State University Orchestra, Spring 2000
• Henry Fonda, London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Aaron Copland, at Walthamstow London, 1968
• Danny Glover, Appleton West High School Wind Ensemble, Fox Cities PAC, December 2002
• The Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes, Boston Symphony Orchestra, July 2009
• Al Gore, New York Philharmonic
• Chris Gregoire, Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Adam Stern
• Tom Hanks, U.S. Armed Forces Symphony, at the We Are One celebration, 18 January 2009
• Katharine Hepburn, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel (1987 Grammy nominee)
• Charlton Heston, Utah Symphony Orchestra
• Samuel L. Jackson, Orchestra of St. Luke's conducted by James Levine
• James Earl Jones has performed the piece several times, including with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Lincoln Bicentennial Celebration in February 2009, as well as with the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (David Itkin, conductor), February 1999.
• Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Symphony by the Sea, at the Newburyport Yankee Homecoming, 29 July 2006
• Ambassador Douglas W. Kmiec, United States Ambassador to Malta, July 4, 2010 Celebration of our "common humanity" and "self evident truth," Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta.
• George McGovern, South Dakota Symphony Orchestra, October 2012 in his last public appearance before his death
• Walter Mondale, Minnesota Orchestra
• Robert A. Muh, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops, conducted by Keith Lockhart, 4 June 2009
• Paul Newman, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Barack Obama, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Gregory Peck, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
• Vincent Price, Yale Symphony Orchestra
• Esther Rolle
• Carl Sandburg, New York Philharmonic, conducted by Andre Kostelanetz
• Norman Schwarzkopf, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
• Willie Stargell
• Adlai Stevenson, Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy (and recorded by Columbia Records)
• James Taylor with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by John Williams
• Margaret Thatcher, London Symphony Orchestra
• Sergeant Major Michael R. Dudley, with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Memorial Day, 2000, and The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own) Washington,DC, April 16, 2004
• Gore Vidal, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, at Hollywood Bowl, 2 August 2007
• William Warfield, several orchestras and conductors
• L. Douglas Wilder, with the Virginia Commonwealth University Wind Ensemble, conducted by Dr. Terry Austin
• Frank J. Williams, Rhode Island Philharmonic, February 2009