Let Freedom Ring- Live Concert From Lincoln Memorial

Product Description In 1925 at the age of 28 she won First Prize in a competition organized by the New York Philharmonic. Her career evolved from there - especially in Europe where she was popular. By 1939 she was feted worldwide, but a concert planned for Washington's Constitution Hall was blocked for one reason: she was black. With Eleanor Roosevelt's support the concert took place instead on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It was a triumph. This release would be merited simply because it is music-making of the highest order, but this is more - it's an important piece of American history, documenting a concert that is now the subject of a major PBS TV Documentary ''The Voice of Freedom.'' The Copenhagen Concert is a further triumph. Held in especially high regard in Scandinavia (Sibelius adapted some of his works for her), Anderson basks in the audience's affection. TRACK LIST: 1 Opening announcement (Restored) by Opening Announcer 2 Speech by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes (Restored) by Harold Ickes 3 America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee) (Traditional) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Kosti Vehanen 4 La Favorita: Fia dunque vero … O mio Fernando … Scritto in cielo (Donizetti) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Kosti Vehanen 5 Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Kosti Vehanen 6 Intermission Announcements (Restored) by Intermission Announcer 7 Gospel Train (Spiritual) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Kosti Vehanen 8 Trampin’ (Spiritual) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Kosti Vehanen 9 Closing announcement (Restored) by Closing Announcer 10 5 Lieder, Op. 105, No. 2, Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer (Brahms) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 11 4 Lieder, Op. 43, No. 1, Von ewiger Liebe, (Brahms) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 12 Die Forelle, D. 550 (Schubert) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 13 Ave Maria, D. 839 (Schubert) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 14 Erlkönig, D. 328 (Schubert) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 15 Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix (Saint-Saëns) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 16 Comin’ Through the Rye (Traditional) (Live in Copenhagen) (Restored) by Marian Anderson & Franz Rupp 17 Von zwei Rose