Back Bay Chorale | Fragile Freedoms
Fri, May 10
|Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA
Soloist, Haydn's "Missa in Angustiis"
Time & Location
May 10, 2024, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
About the event
Lang The National Anthems (2014) Esmail When the Violin (2018) Haydn Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass) Hob. XXII/11 (1798)
Back Bay Chorale & Orchestra Caron Daley conducting
Three very different pieces ask a similar question, “How do we move through, and past, uncertain times?” We have all experienced the uncertainties of the pandemic, amid many other cultural and political turbulences. The music on this program doesn’t seek to offer answers to the above question, but rather explores the liminal spaces that exist between turmoil and resilience, and in voices of various traditions and narratives.
In the national anthems (2014), David Lang investigates how countries identify their national myths through their anthems. In composing the piece, he sought to distill common themes among the anthems, but found the results to be surprising. Rather than revealing confidence and courage, the lyrics often revealed a sense of fragility. Lang’s music exudes hope as the words of these anthems unfold…
