Album cover, Harmonia Mundi, 2019
$35 general admission · $10 students and children
Ticketing hosted by the Boston Camerata.
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 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.
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.