Happy 250th birthday, America! This week, we are celebrating Independence Day with a great holiday tradition recorded right here in South Texas. Each year on July 4, the Heart of Texas Concert Band takes the stage for their celebration, titled "An Alamo City Fourth."
This program was recorded on July 4, 2025 at Trinity Baptist Church. Under the direction of conductor Mark Rogers, the band delivered a sweeping, patriotic program with some wonderful guest collaborators including the River City Ringers handbell choir, and the Cedar Mountain Chorale.
Hear traditional favorites from John Philip Sousa, choral classics, and a special reading of words by Abraham Lincoln on a piece by Randol Alan Bass called “A New Birth of Freedom.”
PROGRAM:
- The Phantom Regiment — Leroy Anderson
- To You, America! — William Grant Still
- A New Birth of Freedom — Randol Alan Bass
- Battle Hymn of the Republic — Howe/Steffe
- Early Light — Carolyn Bremer
- Irving Berlin's Songs for America — I. Berlin, arr. by James Swearingen
- This is My Country — Raye/Jacobs
- The Thunderer — John Philip Sousa
- A Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa — Ira Hearshen
- Fervent Freedom — Michael Mazzatenta
- Make Our Garden Grow — L. Bernstein/R. Wilbur
- The Stars and Stripes Forever — John Philip Sousa
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Heart of Texas Concert Band
