Special Events
2010-2011

THE JOSHUA M. FREEMAN FOUNDATION
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MID-ATLANTIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Julien Benichou, Music Director

Presents

THE LABOR DAY FINALE

WITH THE MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY CHOIR
AND THE MORGAN STATE OPERA WORKSHOP
Vincent Stringer, Artistic Director


A Free Admission Concert
The performance will include selections from various operas
Composed by Verdi and Mozart
And George Gershwin’s Porgy & Bess Concert Suite

 

On the Freeman Summer Stage at Bayside, in Selbyville, DE

At 7:00 PM, Saturday, September 4th, 2010

 

 

 

Program:

 

 

 

 

Giuseppe Verdi:

 

"Triumphal March" from Aida"

 

 

 

W.A Mozart:

 

“Andro Ramingo e solo” from Idomeneo

 

 

 

Giuseppe Verdi:

 

"Un di se ben rammentomi" from Rigoletto

 

 

 

Giuseppe Verdi:

 

"E lui desso l’infante" from Don Carlo

 

 

 

The Battle of Jericho

 

arr. Moses Hogan

 

 

 

Ezekiel Saw de Wheel

 

Armand Rice, soloist
William Dawson

 

 

 

The Lord Be Praised

 

Ashley Perry Collier, soloist
Margaret Douroux (with orchestra)

 

 

 

 

Intermission

 

 

 

 

George Gershwin,

Porgy and Bess

Concert Suite

 

 

 

Introduction

 

Orchestra

 

 

 

Summertime

 

Soprano

 

 

 

A Woman Is a Sometime Thing

 

Baritone and chorus

 

 

 

My Man's Gone Now

 

Soprano

 

 

 

The Promise' Lan'

 

Soprano and chorus

 

 

 

I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'

 

Baritone

 

 

 

Bess, You Is My Woman Now

 

Baritone and Soprano

 

 

 

Oh, I Can't Sit Down

 

Chorus

 

 

 

It Ain't Necessarily So

 

Baritone and chorus

 

 

 

There's a Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon for New York

 

Baritone

 

 

 

Oh Lawd, I'm on My Way

 

All

 

Come and join this exciting outdoor celebration
of a great American holiday!

 

 

To enlarge, please click on photos

 

 

Photos courtesy of Douglas Phillips, Joshua M. Freeman Foundation photographer
The Freeman Summer Stage presenting "An American Independence Celebration" Concert with the MSO, June 18, 2010.

 

Top - 1st: Maestro Benichou hushing the orchestra for a quiet phrase.
2nd: Julien Benichou, MSO Music Director, looks on as Michelle Freeman
borrows the Maestro's baton to conduct the orchestra for a moment of great fun.
3rd: Getting ready to attack an exhilarating march.
Bottom - An overview of the Freeman Summer Stage as Michelle Freeman
addresses an audience of over 1,000 people.

For Directions to the Freeman Stage at Bayside, Selbyville, DE
and for other programs performed on the Freeman Stage,
click on the Joshua M. Freeman Logo:


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Previous Special Events

Please click on one of the years below
to view our previous years guest artists' biography and information.

June 2010 Freeman Season Opener
2009-2010 Season Finale
2009-2010 Guest Artists
2008-2009 Guest Artists
2007-2008 Guest Artists

 

 

 


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