42nd Annual Lawson Family Foundation Independence Day Concert
Aram Demirjian, conductor
David Crawford, baritone
Wyatt Ellis, mandolin
Rhea Carmon, poet
Jon Becker, narrator
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key
LIBERTY FANFARE
John Williams
WILLIAMS
Liberty Fanfare
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Traditional (arr. Wilhousky)
featuring Rhea Carmon
NATIONAL EMBLEM
Edwin Eugene Bagley
BAGLEY
National Emblem
YANKEE DOODLE
Traditional (arr. Wrangell)
With excerpts from the Declaration of Independence feat. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, and radio host Hallerin Hilton Hill
ST. LOUIS BLUES
W.C. Handy (arr. Holcombe)
Variations on a Shaker Melody
Aaron Copland
THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (That’s America to Me)
Earl Robinson (arr. Alexander)
feat. David Crawford
SHENANANDOAH
Traditional (arr. Beversluis)
feat. David Crawford
AMERICAN ANTHEM
Gene Scheer (arr. Fry)
feat. David Crawford
Armed Forces Salute
Trad. (arr. Lowden)
feat. John Becker
America the Beautiful
Samuel Ward (arr. Worsley)
--- Intermission ---
AMERICAN SALUTE
Morton Gould
LINCOLN PORTRAIT
Aaron Copland
feat. John Becker
BLUE SMOKE
Wyatt Ellis (arr. Gilly)
TWO RIVERS WALTZ
Wyatt Ellis (arr. Gilly)
ROCKY TOP BOTTOM
Wyatt Ellis (arr. Gilly)
Rocky Top
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (arr. Clark)
1812 Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa
Fireworks will be launched from the Henley Bridge at approximately 9:45 p.m.