Album cover, Harmonia Mundi, 2019
$35 general admission · $10 students and children
Ticketing hosted by The Boston Camerata.
Doors open at 1:30 PM
The Boston Camerata, under the direction of Artistic Director Anne Azéma, comes to Alna's historic 1789 Meetinghouse with a program exploring the vital and life-affirming sounds of the young American Republic. As its citizens sang and played forth their love of freedom and their rejection of tyranny, the rough-hewn sounds of New England citizen-composers rang true and strong. Liberty's attendants — feminists, abolitionists, freed slaves, religious minorities, and the insolent scallywags of "Yankee Doodle" — remind us that in our musical roots lies our true strength.
This timely and stirring program for the 250th anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence includes marches, anthems, spirituals, and ballads, offering an intercultural perspective on music played and sung in the early Republic's first century.
The performance runs approximately 65–70 minutes without intermission.
Historic Alna is honored to host The Boston Camerata for this performance — the same program they will present days later at Tanglewood's Seiji Ozawa Hall on July 16.
Plan Your Visit
Doors open at 1:30 PM.
The Alna Meetinghouse is a 1789 historic building with features typical of its era — steps at the entrance, fixed pew seating, and narrow aisles — and is not fully wheelchair accessible. Visitors with specific accessibility needs are encouraged to contact us in advance at historicalna@gmail.com so we can discuss any accommodations.
The Alna Store
The Alna Store — a James Beard semifinalist and one of the New York Times' 50 best restaurants in America — has agreed to a special evening opening in conjunction with the Camerata performance. Dinner at the Alna Store is the perfect cap to a special afternoon with the Boston Camerata.
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