Leonard Slatkin, the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, includes the national anthem in current performances, but it’s not the conventional score. He’s chosen to showcase orchestrations arranged by 20th-century émigrés to America.
Leonard Slatkin, the conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra, includes the national anthem in current performances, but it’s not the conventional score. He’s chosen to showcase orchestrations arranged by 20th-century émigrés to America.