Amazing Grace: Music for the Spirit
Post-Classical Ensemble presents a stirring program for chorale and orchestra that celebrates the universal expression of the human spirit through music. Amazing Grace, perhaps the most universal of folk hymns, has inspired people all around the world for centuries. Hear versions of it woven throughout the program and join the whole ensemble at the end of the program.
Featuring African-American spirituals, and works by Adolphus Hailstork, Samuel Barber, William Grant Still, and J. S. Bach. Adolphus Hailstork, one of the most celebrated American composers, will also join us on stage.
Program
- Spirituals:
- Let Us Break Bread Together (arr. Jacqueline Hairston)
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy (arr. Stanley Thurston)
- I Can Tell the World (arr. Moses Hogan, a cappella)
- Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei
- Adolphus Hailstork: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
- I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
- How Long? (w/spoken poetry)
- The Lord Is My Shepherd. Alleluia
- J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund – Tat und Leben – Cantata BWV 147
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
- Bereite dir, Jesu, noch itzo die Bahn
- Ich will von Jesu Wundern singen
- Jesus bleibet meine Freude
- William Grant Still: Scherzo (“Humor”) from Symphony No. 1
- John Newton: Amazing Grace (arr. Evelyn Simpson Curenton)
Post-Concert Discussion with Adolphus Hailstork, Stanley J. Thurston, Angel Gil-Ordóñez. Presented without intermission
Artists
- Stanley J. Thurston, guest curator
- Angeli Ferrette, soprano
- Wayne Jennings, tenor
- Chorus of the Coalition for African Americans in the Arts (CAAPA)
- PostClassical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordóñez
Practical information
- Phone: (202) 467-4600
- Venue: Theater at the The Kennedy Center, 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566
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