David Thomas Roberts performs his “Roberto Clemente“

For more information about David Thomas Roberts, visit his website at: Of David Thomas Roberts’ best-known piece, the composer wrote the following for his recording from “American Landscapes“ : “Roberto Clemente“ (1979). Roberto Clemente, the legendary right fielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico in 1934 and died on New Year’s Eve, 1972 off the coast of his native island in a plane that never reached the Nicaraguan earthquake victim