Senator Mark Warner to Narrate Wolf Trap Performance

Senator Mark R. Warner (D-Va) will take a turn in narrating at Wolf Trap Saturday as part of “America the Beautiful.”

The production at Vienna’s performing arts center is in conjunction with the National Symphony Orchestra. Warner will narrate Lincoln Portrait, a work written as part of a patriotic war effort during World War II, according to a press release from Wolf Trap.

Warner will reed excerpts from Abraham’s Lincoln’s speeches and letters.

The performance also includes “Ansel Adams: America,” George Gershwin's An American in Paris; and excerpts from John Williams' score to the award-winning film Lincoln.

The show starts at 8:30 p.m. at 1551 Trap Road. Tickets are $22-$25. For tickets, call 1-877-WOLFTRAP or purchase online at www.wolftrap.org. For more information, call Wolf Trap at 703-255-1868.