On Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., the 4th Annual Freedom Celebration concert, a Charleston FestivALL event, will be presented. A combined community chorus and orchestra will present a patriotic concert conducted by Barry Skeenes.
The program presents various musical pieces commemorating our country’s independence and other struggles for freedom. Last year’s concert included singers from 11 churches and 4 other organizations. The orchestra consisted of instrumentalists from the region and from the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra.
Pieces to be performed this year:
Traditional Favorites:
∙ Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa (and hijinks with: “Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends”)
∙ God Bless the U.S.A., Lee Greenwood
∙ When Johnny Comes Marching Come, jazz arrangement, Ken Medema
∙ God of Our Fathers, George William Warren
∙ God Bless America, Irving Berlin
∙ Battle Hymn of the Republic, Peter J. Wilhousky
Others:
∙ Gabriel’s Oboe, Ennio Morricone, from the movie The Mission
∙ Hymn of Peace, Mary McDonald
∙ The Nation’s Prayer (Panis Angelicus), César Franck
∙ We Will Stand as Strong, Tall Towers, tribute to 9/11
∙ Reading of Declaration of Independence by Ed Rabel, award-winning news journalist
∙ American Portrait #1, orchestral piece, written as a Norman Rockwell “musical painting”
∙ If My People Will Pray, Jimmy Owens
∙ Patriotic Cohan, A Medley, (fun with Yankee Doodle Boy, Over There, and You’re a Grand Old Flag)
∙ The Testament of Freedom, Randall Thompson, passages from Thomas Jefferson
CORE (the Center for Organ Recovery & Education), and Edgewood Summit Housing will have representatives on hand to provide information regarding their organizations.
To view last year’s concert, Click below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BARE0OVNFu0&t=7s
The concert is free to the public and tickets are not required.
Calvary Baptist Church is located at the corner of Lee Street W and Maryland Avenue directly behind the Kroger’s store.
Call the church for more information at 304-343-4391.
