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Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Bandpresents
Gates of Justice: A Four-Century Musical March Toward Equality and Understanding
Sunday, May 19, 7:30pm
First Parish in Cambridge
3 Church Street in Harvard Square
Join Eudaimonia for a a concert capturing parallels among peoples experiencing and rising out of persecution from 1624 to 2024, lifting up initiatives that pursue justice within these communities.
Connecting contemporary choral works with earlier musical portraits of oppression and redemption, the program includes:
Dave Brubeck's jazz-infused Gates of Justice
Salamone Rossi's prayer of remembrance (Kaddish)
Horace Silver's Peace
Instrumental works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges (Mozart's Black contemporary)
as well as choral and solo Baroque works portraying biblical heroines
The ensemble is excited to introduce Eudaimonia Voices, a new vocal group project.
Soloists for this program are:
Monty Hill
Maverick
Molly McGuire
Laura Thomas
David Smyth
Other ensemble vocalists include:
Cameron Dobson
Nathan Halbur
Jocelyn Limmer
Eva Montgomery-Morrison
Iris Pfrommer
Ryan Spilker
joined by singers from across the Boston community.
As always, a stellar core of Eudaimonia instrumentalists featuring:
Diane Heffner as clarinet soloist and on chalumeau
Na’ama Lion on baroque flute
Sylvia Schwartz and Nelli Jabotinsky on violin
Elisabeth Westner on viola
Rebecca Shaw on cello
and Vivian Montgomery, director and keyboardist.
Dave Brubeck’s Gates of Justice is an attempt to heal the rift between the Jewish and American Black people that emerged after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. This choral work highlights commonalities through histories of enslavement and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing yearning for understanding and peace.
We're excited for this event to be lifting up the work of the Negro Spiritual Royalties Project from United Parish in Brookline.
This concert is funded by a generous grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.
Further information can be found at eudaimonia-music.org.
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 suggested),
online or at the door
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
First Parish Cambridge Unitarian Universalist, 1446 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02420-3811, United States,Cambridge, Massachusetts
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