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In Lincoln Portrait, a narrator joins the orchestra to read quotations from Lincoln’s famous speeches and American songs that have been popular since Lincoln’s time. The music, speeches and descriptions of Lincoln himself combine to form a new kind of portrait that audiences have adored since its 1942 debut. Usually a star of screen or stage, narrators of various performances of this piece over the years include Maya Angelou, Neil Armstrong and Tom Hanks. Here’s a sneak peek of The Phoenix Symph