EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION CONCERT
DEC 31
Overview
This concert is free and a ticket is not required.
Join us for our annual commemoration of the original 1863 Grand Jubilee concert in Boston, where members of H+H performed in celebration of Lincoln’s enactment of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History co-present the Emancipation Proclamation Concert, a celebration of liberty and freedom. Join H+H musicians, National Poetry Slam Champion Regie Gibson, and conductor Anthony Trecek-King to commemorate Boston’s historic central role in the abolition movement, honor the spirit of progress for human rights, and foster alliance and belonging through music.
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Location
Trinity Church, Boston
Dates
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 1:00pm
Music
Mary L. Gardner/arr. Trecek-King: Hymn No. 8 from Anti-Slavery Melodies, for Friends of Freedom
J.S. Bach: Das Wort sie sollen lassen stahn from Cantata 80
Trad./arr. Trecek-King: “Tryin to Get Home”
Handel: “Though an host of men were laid against me” from Chandos Anthem, No. 10
Trad./arr. Trecek-King: “I’m Building Me A Home”
Jay Ungar: Ashokan Farewell
Trad./arr. Trecek-King: “Children, We Shall All Be Free”
Undine Smith Moore: We Shall Walk Through the Valley of Peace
Trad./arr. Trecek-King: “John Brown’s Body”
Performed by
Anthony Trecek-King, conductor
Regie Gibson, spoken word artist
H+H Orchestra and Chorus
This concert is 1 hour with no intermission