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Spring Concert 2008
Words & Music
Choral music comes alive through the powerful fusion of the universal language of music and the passionate words of great writers. Words & Music presents a kaleidoscopic evening of music that celebrates the great American traditions of civil liberty and freedom of expression. The program includes heartfelt music by Robert Seeley, Gwyneth Walker, and a reprise performance of Michael’s Letter to Mama, an inspiring song about coming out based on Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City. The BGMC will also sing three songs by pop singer/songwriter George Michael including Faith and Freedom 90.
The centerpiece of the concert will be the world premiere of A Whitman Oratorio for chorus and chamber orchestra by Lowell Liebermann. This vibrant and colorful work adapts a wide range of gay poet Walt Whitman’s writings in a modern context, using Whitman’s prophetic words to comment on the current state of American democracy. One of today’s most acclaimed young composers, Liebermann has been called by Time magazine, “a composer unafraid of grand gestures and open-hearted lyricism...and, yes, you can hum the tunes." Click here to download the text of A Whitman Oratorio.
Don’t miss our first Symphony Hall concert in five years!
- Listen to a selection from the concert:
Michael's Letter to Mama
Saturday, April 5, 8:30pm
Symphony Hall, Boston
