BU Choral Series - Identity: Anthems and Belief

BU Choral Orchestral Series Daniel Parsley, Conductor LANG National Anthems BRAHMS Begräbnisgesang, Op. 13 BONDS Credo VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Five Mystical Songs Identity: Anthems and Belief explores questions of belonging, memory, faith, and conviction through four powerful works for chorus and orchestra. David Lang’s National Anthems reflects on collective identity, Brahms’s Begräbnisgesang considers communal remembrance, Margaret Bonds’s Credo sets the words of W. E. B. Du Bois in a stirring affirmation of human dignity, and Vaughan Williams’s Five Mystical Songs offers a deeply personal exploration of faith and spirituality. 12:15pm - Pre-concert conversation with Pulitzer Prize composer David Lang