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.
The Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History partner to present the tenth annual Emancipation Proclamation Concert, a joyous 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, to celebrate the spirit of progress for human rights, and to recognize the role of music in creating alliance and belonging.
Program
Spiritual, arr. Trecek-King: In This Lan’
J.S. Bach: Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein, BWV 2
Spiritual, arr. Burleigh: Deep River
Spiritual, arr. Trecek-King: I want to go home
Handel: Chandos Anthem No. 2, “In the Lord put I my trust,” HWV 247
Simpson-Curenton: My Soul Hath Found Refuge in Thee
Mendelssohn: “Nun danket alle Gott” from Lobgesang, Op. 52
Gibbs: Wade in the Water
Duncan: My Country, ‘Tis of thee
arr. Gibson: We Shall Overcome