The Gettysburg College Sunderman Conservatory Wind Symphony will present Unfinished Work: A Commemorative Concert at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Majestic Theater, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg.
Directed by Russell McCutcheon, the program explores American history from the Revolutionary era through the Civil War and into the present. The concert is an official America250PA–Adams County event and takes place the day before Gettysburg’s Remembrance Day observances.
The centerpiece is Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait, narrated by Richard Sautter, a local actor, director and member of the theater faculty at McDaniel College. Sautter has written and performed four solo shows, including My Gettysburg Address: Or Swimming to the High Water Mark, which considers what it means to live in a community known for its historic battlefield.
Other selections include Richard Danielpour’s Vox Populi; William Schuman’s New England Triptych, drawing on Revolutionary-era hymns by William Billings; Frank Ticheli’s Shenandoah; Carolyn Bremer’s Early Light; and Jack Stamp’s Cenotaph.
“This concert is the culmination of significant work by our musicians on important and demanding repertoire, and exemplifies what it means to Do Great Work. We are excited to share our music with the community,” McCutcheon said.
The Wind Symphony will perform Lincoln Portrait again Nov. 19 at the Gettysburg College Civil War Institute’s Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture, with actor Bruce Boxleitner narrating. That performance is part of the commemorations surrounding the anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
Tickets for Friday’s concert are $5 at the door. Admission is free for children under 18 and anyone with a Gettysburg College ID.
