Deep River
When:
Thursday, Aug 01, 2019 7:00p -
9:00p
Thursday, Aug 01, 2019 7:00p -
9:00p
Where:
DCR Hatch Memorial Shell on the Charles River Esplanade
47 David G Mugar Way
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Date Idea, Kid Friendly, Music, Performing Arts
Event website:
www.landmarksorchestra.org
DEEP RIVER
Boston Landmarks Orchestra | Christopher Wilkins, conductor
Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director
One City Choir
Members of New England Spiritual Ensemble
Boston String Academy
William Grant Still Festive Overture
Morton Gould Spirituals for Strings (excerpts)
Traditional, arr. Bonds Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Traditional, arr. Bonds He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand
Fred Onovrewosuoke We Need to Talk
Jerome Kern Show Boat in Concert
African American spirituals—revered today as essential anthems of the American experience—sing of oppression while glorifying freedom. Boston Landmarks Orchestra performs a selection of songs and spirituals by African American composers. We Need to Talk by Fred Onovwerosuoke shines light on race relations through the prism of music and poetry. The songs will be followed by a concert suite of excerpts and narration from Jerome Kern’s 1927 musical Show Boat. The musical introduced racial themes in forward-looking ways on the Broadway stage. Today it remains a beloved classic of American musical theater, while provoking both admiration and controversy.
The program features the One City Choir, a large symphonic choir comprising committed and passionate singers from all of Boston’s 23 neighborhoods and surrounding communities. The choir takes its name from the words of Boston civic leader Hubie Jones, who has advocated that “Boston can be one city through arts and culture.”
The concert is the culmination of a series of discussions and outreach events focusing on the history of race relations on the Broadway stage, and the role that African American music has played in shaping American culture. A panel discussion will be announced shortly, and will feature Emmett G. Price III, Dean and Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of the Black Christian Experience at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary, Landmarks Orchestra board member and former Boston Public Schools Executive Director for the Arts Myran Parker-Brass, as well as Milton Wright, retired District Court Judge, Landmarks Orchestra Trustee and Music Director of Black Nativity.
Rain Date: Thursday, August 1, 2019. If it rains on August 1 as well, the concert will be held at First Church in Cambridge 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138.
