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A Call to Compassion: A Concert to Honor

Friday, September 9, 2011, at the Kennedy Center
Credit: Washington National Cathedral; Donovan Marks, photographer.

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    Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III opened the concert.
     

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    Captain Thomas P. Heidenberger, Board member of the Pentagon Memorial Fund, offered remarks.
     

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    Captain Anne Marsh, Arlington County Fire Department, read the poem Heavy by Mary Oliver.
     

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    U.S. Navy Band Sea Chanters and Washington National Cathedral Choir sang Steal Away by Sir Michael Tippett.
     

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    The Honorable Leon Panetta, United States Secretary of Defense, offered an address.
     

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    The choirs also sang America the Beautiful by Samuel A. Ward and arranged by Cathedral Canon Michael McCarthy.
     

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    General David H. Petraeus, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, opened the second half with remarks.
     

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    Colonel Michael J. Colburn conducted the ensemble, which featured the Marine Chamber Orchestra.
     

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    With Cathedral imagery surrounding the stage, the Kennedy Center offered the perfect substitute venue in the wake of the earthquake damage to the Cathedral.
     

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    Soloists Christine Brandes, soprano, and Eric Owens, bass-baritone (pictured), joined the choir and orchestra for the Brahms Requiem.
     

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