PERFORMANCE

JP Morgan Library
The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass

The Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass: Brothers on the Battlefield

To coincide with the exhibition Lincoln Speaks: Words that Transformed a Nation, the Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass performs the New York premiere of Brothers on the Battlefield, a multimedia work featuring music from the American Civil War through the Civil Rights Movement, with a five piece brass band and piano, narration, and projected images. Works performed include Amazing Grace, When the Saints Go Marching In and works by John Philip Sousa, Leonard Bernstein, and Pete Seeger, among others.