::INAUGURATION MUSIC 2009/01/20 PRESIDENT OBAMA ‘Air and Simple Gifts’::

25 Responses to ::INAUGURATION MUSIC 2009/01/20 PRESIDENT OBAMA ‘Air and Simple Gifts’::

1. Zhyhm says:

   May 29, 2010 at 00:28

   I love Perlman and Yoyo-Ma playing together!
2. Turnback says:

   May 29, 2010 at 01:18

   @themarxmarvelous Williams arranged the two pieces into one, no one said he composed them.
3. cclementi6 says:

   May 29, 2010 at 01:49

   @Turnback the star spangled banner?
4. costasimpson says:

   May 29, 2010 at 02:34

   This performance was pre-recorded two days earlier.
5. Doaders592 says:

   May 29, 2010 at 03:02

   the song is” AIR AND SIMPLE GIFTS”, not two songs. Dumbass
6. kinkyragu says:

   May 29, 2010 at 03:39

   It is Spring. A Greatful nation, Thanks You, Mr. President.
7. themarxmarvelous says:

   May 29, 2010 at 04:22

   @ThaSchwab

   You’re not lying about your opinion on J.W.? I would hope not. It’s not an original composition, it’s an original arrangement of an original composition.

   @BodaciousBurnley

   You got me there, I forgot it was an adaptation of the old folk song. Still, credit should go to Copeland and Williams respectively. Not just to the one everyone knows because he wrote Star Wars (I’m aware he’s done so much more but ask your average movie goer and that’s what they would probably say).
8. ThaSchwab says:

   May 29, 2010 at 05:01

   @themarxmarvelous

   Favorites*, not videos
9. ThaSchwab says:

   May 29, 2010 at 05:32

   @themarxmarvelous

   Because this is an original composition BASED off Aaron Copland’s arrangements. And John is one of the greatest as well. Look at my videos; I am an aficionado in this kind of music and I’m not lying about him.
10. BodaciousBurnley says:

    May 29, 2010 at 06:01

    @themarxmarvelous

    It was arranged by Williams, but the source music is from songwriter Joseph Brackett by way of the Copland adaptation in “Appalachia Spring”.
11. themarxmarvelous says:

    May 29, 2010 at 06:07

    I’m sure that’s what it is but it was NOT ‘written’ by John Williams.
12. mbdouglass says:

    May 29, 2010 at 06:32

    more than likely this particular arrangement might be wrriten by him.
13. themarxmarvelous says:

    May 29, 2010 at 06:34

    Why in God’s name does the info say this is music by John Williams? “Air” and “Simple Gifts” were both arranged by Aaron Copland, one of the greatest American Composers ever.
14. mangiatette says:

    May 29, 2010 at 07:29

    Itzhak Perlman and Yo Yo Ma: genius

    Obama: the new Sir of the war
15. Shannon4797 says:

    May 29, 2010 at 08:11

    If they would have attempted to play it the cords could have broken on the instruments and the piano would have fallen out of tune.
16. Turnback says:

    May 29, 2010 at 09:01

    if the United States had an opening theme..
17. mongorich says:

    May 29, 2010 at 09:47

    No, YO yo mama
18. liedowninthelight says:

    May 29, 2010 at 10:10

    heh yeah
19. ctchrisf says:

    May 29, 2010 at 10:15

    I have nothing against it. makes. the point is they actually didn’t play it live during the inauguration.
20. Saeon says:

    May 29, 2010 at 11:02

    simple gifts is the shit
21. CromwellClassical says:

    May 29, 2010 at 11:17

    This is a faked for TV moment. They were motioning to the recording. World’s best musicians? Can’t play in the cold? Out of tune instruments? What a sham, and a tragic loss of a potentially heroic moment in American history, sacrificed to the conveniences of TV media. This country can put a man on the moon but we can’t figure a way to enable these players to play for real? How terrible. I don’t buy any of it! A sham!
22. steamlord313 says:

    May 29, 2010 at 11:48

    yeah, it was actually recorded beforehand.
    But really, it was way too cold for any sord of instument to sound good.
23. krnboi93 says:

    May 29, 2010 at 12:00

    clarinet not saxophone :3
24. krnboi93 says:

    May 29, 2010 at 12:34

    and your point is? they still played the piece
25. sonnielicious says:

    May 29, 2010 at 13:19

    yo mama