Wisconsin's Earth Day Heritage
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Capitol 2 E. Main St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
press release: 5th Annual "Earth Day Heritage Celebration in the Rotunda"
- Celebration in music and words of Earth Day values. Gather at the bust of "Fighting Bob" La Follette to hear a "narrow-cast" of Wisconsin composer John Harmon's EARTH DAY PORTRAIT, a setting of texts by John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Earth Day founder Sen. Gaylord Nelson, as read by their descendants; narration by Patty Loew of Jon Becker's connecting texts. Music recorded by MacArthur "genius" Fellow conductor Marin Alsop and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; master by EMI/Abbey Road Studios. An Earth/Art Resources [E-art-H] event.
- 10a-2p ("narrowcast" of 23' EARTH DAY PORTRAIT master recording every half-hour)
- April 22 Saturday (Earth Day)
- WI's Capitol Rotunda (gather by the bust of "Fighting Bob" La Follette)
- Free
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