Classical

Brahms and the American Spirit

Hilbert Circle Theatre

Indianapolis, Indiana
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The Performance

Soprano Janice Chandler-Eteme delivers the immortal words of President John F. Kennedy and poet Robert Frost in a new co-commissioned work by Adolphus Hailstork titled JFK: The Last Speech. Conductor Alexander Shelley concludes the program with Brahms’ triumphant First Symphony. 

Program to Include

Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman #6

Tower

JFK: The Last Speech

Hailstork

Symphony No. 1

Brahms

“Our national strength matters, but the spirit which informs and controls our strength matters just as much.”

President John F. Kennedy

Artistic Leadership

Alexander Shelley
Conductor

Artists

Janice Chandler-Eteme
Soprano
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Joshua A. Thompson
Narrator

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